This is not fair to anyone (the profession, the public, the families or South Africa) to do it this way.
We have to do better as professionals that are there to protect, guide and uphold our profession for the the public we serve. #Law #Medicine #HPCSA #SALRC
Question 4:
…..These poor families that have suffered loses are my main and primary concern. The bizarre process that has taken place that has lead to the premature criminalisation of the case against both the doctors concerned is or has created a defensive stance that their medico-legal lawyers will take up.
The answers and information that these grieving and angry families require to allow them to gain closure, curtail their anger and treat their grief will now be even harder to obtain purely because this is now a criminal matter rather than an inquest or medical legal mediation.
This type of situation required early communication of answers rather than prolonged suppression of questions.
The unprecedented move to prematurely arrest the two doctors concerned and to feed into the anger and grief relating to the families of the patients concerned has now tasked the national prosecuting agency with an extremely complex and sensitive criminal case that has gained world wide attention.
The NPA has chosen to take up the challenge to provide the answers and evidence required for these numerous families. There is a thin line between medical negligence and culpable homicide and the line between medical negligence and unavoidable medical complications is even thinner.
This line is often deliberated and highlighted by the same medical fraternity that has been paralysed and angered by the lack of the prescribed process that should have been followed prior to the arrest.
Interview given before Dr Munshi’s death:
Why did I start this petition? News24 (South Africa) interview. ( It was not printed).
Interview request 09/03/2020
Here were my questions (asked 10/03/2020)
and my responses (given 10/03/2020)
1).What made you start this petition?
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