IOL reports that Minister of Health Joe Phaahla has confirmed that 124 fake doctors have been arrested following a crackdown by the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA).
Responding to a written parliamentary question from Vuyo Zungula of the ATM, Phaahla indicated: “Section 17 of the Health Professions Act (Act 56 of 1974) makes registration with the council a prerequisite to practise any health professions registrable in terms of the act and practising while not registered amounts to a criminal offence. According to the Health Professions Council of South Africa, 124 persons have been arrested for practising medicine without registration with the HPCSA. Unregistered persons evade these systems by working in the private sector where they either only accept cash payments or work in the practice of a registered doctor.” Phaahla also advised that the council had established an Inspectorate Office to ensure that fake doctors were cracked down on.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Siyabonga Mkhwanazi at IOL
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