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By Se-Anne Rall 
2h ago
Durban – Twitter broke out today after it emerged that Dr. Wouter Basson has worked as a cardiologist at at least two Mediclinic facilities in the Western Cape.
Basson, nicknamed Dr. Death, has reportedly been working at the facility for the past 15 years.
According to the Mediclinic website, Basson practices at Mediclinic in Panorama and Durbanville.
Basson was the mastermind behind a chemical weapons project between 1980 and 1990 that manufactured suicide pills and poison gas for the apartheid government. His research extended to fertility drugs for ethnic cleansing.
Responding to the backlash on Twitter, Mediclinic said that “by law, physicians are independent professionals and cannot be employed by Mediclinic Southern Africa. We cannot prohibit HPCSA-registered physicians, including Dr. Basson, from practicing unless that the law prevents them from doing so. “
Good morning, by law, doctors are independent professionals and cannot be employees of Mediclinic Southern Africa. We cannot prohibit HPCSA-registered physicians, including Dr. Basson, from practicing unless they are prevented by law from doing so. Kind regards, the Mediclinic SA team.
– Mediclinic SA (@Mediclinic) January 18, 2021
But the tweeps didn’t accept any of that.
Dear @Medicine
In which universe do you think it’s okay to hire a doctor who was the former head of the apartheid government’s chemical and biological warfare project, Project Coast, where blacks and dark-skinned people were killed? pic.twitter.com/hsOBpriIzV– Carla De Bouchet (@CarlaDeBouchet) January 18, 2021
#MediClinic you must do the right thing, before it is too late. Just a brotherly advice https://t.co/BPUysntTe5
– Tiego Tjale (@TiegoTjale) January 19, 2021
In #Wouterbasson AND #MediClinic @Medicine you may need to be reminded who Wouter Basson is.
Basson led Project Costa, which aimed to target and kill black leaders and repress the black population! pic.twitter.com/aX7GRZKnUu
– Tumi Sole (@tumisole) January 18, 2021
#dredeath #wouterbasson On ethnic cleansing: a project in which black women become infertile to control the population. “The most fun I’ve ever had in my life.” @Medicine pic.twitter.com/aIyAri8VjO
– Romantha (@FromRomeWithLov) January 19, 2021
Basson was charged with 67 counts, including drug possession, drug trafficking, fraud and embezzlement, murder, conspiracy to commit murder and robbery. His trial began in 1999, and later that year, the presiding judge dismissed six major charges, including charges of murder and possible involvement in 200 deaths in Namibia. After 18 months of trial, the number of charges was reduced to 46.
In 2006, the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) initiated its own process of investigating Basson’s behavior. A charge sheet was drawn up and the investigation began in November 2007. Of the seven charges brought against Basson, four full charges remain after the HPCSA dismissed two charges and part of a third charge against him.
According to Wikipedia:
- On May 10, 2010, Basson’s application was rejected in the High Court of South Africa. The application to the Superior Court sought to have the charges dropped as unlawful, unreasonable and unfair. The judge found there was no evidence to suggest that the advice was in any way biased or prejudicial against the doctor.
- On December 18, 2013, the HPCSA found Basson guilty of unprofessional conduct on four counts. On June 4, 2014, the sentencing process was postponed due to lack of legal assistance.
- On March 27, 2019, six years after Basson was convicted of unethical conduct by an HPCSA committee, the Gauteng High Court ruled that there was bias on the part of the committee members who presided over the disciplinary hearing. . The judge ruled that the process (initiated by the HPCSA against Basson) was irregular and unfair and illustrated a total disregard for Basson’s rights. Consequently, the hearing (and thus the finding of unethical conduct by the committee) was annulled.
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