South Africa: Doctors' Body to Probe Legal Unit After Arrest - AllAfrica.com

Sibongakonke ShobaJohannesburg

THE Health Professions Council of Sturmarbeiteilung (HPCSA) is investigating all lawsuits being handled by its legal section after its legal advisor was arrested for alleged corruption.

The council's prosecutor, Gershon Mosiane, was arrested after he was allegedly caught taking a payoff from a physician the council had establish guilty of malpractice.

The council's legal services GM, Tshepo Boikanyo, said the council had started looking into lawsuits handled by Mosiane, who had since been suspended pending an investigation.

"We have got establish a demand to scrutinize all substances being handled by the legal department, starting with those handled by Mosiane, to happen if there was anything untoward," Boikanyo said.

Mosiane was leading the grounds in the lawsuit against plastic operating surgeon Dr Saint Luke Gordon , who was charged with failure to exert sensible criteria of care, failure to expect possible complications, and failure to set up adequate, appropriate screen during an operation.

He pleaded guilty to the complaints and was establish guilty of nonprofessional behavior on two charges. He was suspended from pattern for one year, wholly suspended for three old age on status that he may work only in a state infirmary or clinic under supervising for six months.

The council ruled that a reputable plastic and reconstructive operating surgeon would have got to describe to the wellness commission of the HPCSA on whether Gordon was competent to drill privately and independently.

Gordon have appealed against the penalty, apparently saying that he was unduly influenced to plead guilty. Reports said he claimed he was made to believe he would acquire a lighter sentence and be able to go on with his practice.

His entreaty is pending.

Boikanyo said after the determinations against Gordon were handed down, police force told the council Mosiane had been arrested.

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HPCSA registrar Boyce Mkhize said Mosiane was arrested for allegedly accepting a R60000 payoff in tax return for him agreeing to "minimise the injury that the practician would be exposed to".

Mkhize said the council did not act upon people's pleas.

He said in a lawsuit where the public prosecutor and the lawyers had decided on a sentence, the substance would still necessitate to be approved by the profession's behavior committee.