SA doctor fails to overturn US prison sentence for opioid script fraud
After a six-year legal battle, Afzal Beemath, a medical doctor from South Africa, has failed to set aside a prison sentence in America,...
Acclaimed French plastic surgeon suspended
A top plastic surgeon dubbed the “nose maestro” by the French press has been suspended from practising after patients claimed he “mutilated” them,...
US doctor gets 190 years for fatal IV bag tampering
A Texas anaesthesiologist has been sentenced to 190 years in prison for injecting a nerve-blocking agent and other drugs into bags of intravenous...
Health Department boosts medico-legal mediation training
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has revealed that just a handful of officials countrywide are trained in medico-legal mediation – none of them in Limpopo...
Ombud probes acquittal in disabled child payment hearing
An investigation is to be launched by Legal Services Ombud Judge Siraj Desai into why a disciplinary committee appointed by the Legal Practice...
