Pathologist to face the music
24/11/2006 12:46  - (SA)  

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Bloemfontein - A disciplinary committee of the Health Professions Council of SA decided on Friday that a charge of unprofessional conduct against a Bloemfontein pathologist should stand.

The hearing against Dr Leon Wagner, former Free State chief state pathologist, would continue at a date still to be announced.

Wagner is accused of unprofessional conduct after he apparently recorded "Aids" as the cause of death on a death certificate without proper evidence and/or examining the body.

The committee also decided that Section 35(3) of the Constitution was applicable in disciplinary inquiries like these. It indicated that a person charged was entitled to a fair hearing.

The committee said that the rules of evidence in terms of the Criminal Procedure Act were also applicable.

- SAPA

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