You report that the Health Professions Council of SA failed to register a Swiss surgeon after seven years of his applications, when we have a shortage of surgeons (“Swiss surgeon scores in seven-year battle with health regulator (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/health/2020-11-25-swiss-surgeon-scores-in-seven-year-battle-with-health-regulator/)”, November 25). Thank goodness his court application finally won.
Let me report another outrageous case of the council’s incompetence. A friend, Dr Faika Jappie, qualified as a doctor at the University of Cape Town and registered with the health authorities. Refusing to subject herself to the discriminations of apartheid, she emigrated to Australia...
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