CULPABLE HOMICIDE
Doctors take a stand against low bar for culpable homicide charges
Medical Protection Society says doctors are increasingly worried about rise in criminal sanctions if a patient dies
08 November 2021 - 05:10
It is too easy to charge medical practitioners with culpable homicide if a patient dies, say doctors in nine professional organisations, which have written a letter to justice minister Ronald Lamola asking for a review of the law.
The letter is signed by the biggest state and private doctors’ societies and is being driven by the Medical Protection Society (MPS), a not-for-profit provider of legal advice and financial indemnity against medical complaints...
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