TWO medical practitioners have been disciplined with one being deregistered for alleged improper conduct, NewsDay Weekender can reveal.
BY RICHARD CHIDZA
In a Government Gazette published on April 1, the Registrar of Medical and Dental Practitioners’ Council, Josephine Mwakutuya said Kumirai Chikwava “has been removed from the register with effect from June 16, 2015”, while Micah Madzima was suspended for 12 months beginning December 31 last year.
In an e-mailed response to questions on why the medical doctors had been punished, Mwakutuya said the decision had been reached after complaints from patients.
“The two practitioners faced investigations and disciplinary inquiries by the council in line with section 112 of the Health Professions Act Chapter 27:19 as a result of complaints brought forward by patients referencing to their professional level of conduct and consequent adverse outcomes,” she said.
Mwakutuya said due process had been followed before a decision was made.
“After due processes and extensive peer review of their clinical conduct relevant to the complaints involved, the council was satisfied that Chikwava’s conduct did not meet prescribed minimum standards of safe medical practice to the extent of warranting removal from the register in accordance with section 113 5(a) of the Health Professions Act (Chapter 27:19), ”she said.
“Similarly, Madzima’s conduct was found to some extent to be of a nature warranting suspension from the register for a year and in accordance with section 30(e) of the Health Professions Act (Chapter 27:19) the cases were forwarded to the Health minister David Parirenyatwa for his information and approval for gazetting in terms of Section 114(1) of the Health Professions Act (Chapter) 27;19).”
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Mwakutuya said, in line with its statutory mandate, her council “will always strive to protect public health by ensuring that clinicians are duly qualified and properly registered at all times, meet minimum standards of health practice, continue on a path of lifelong professional development and all complaints pertaining to malpractice are thoroughly investigated and justice is seen to prevail for both the complainants and the medical practitioners concerned”.
Deputy Health minister Aldrin Musiiwa had not responded to questions from NewsDay Weekender on the matter, despite having promised to do so earlier in the week. He had said he was out of the office and could not respond off the top of his head, provide details to the cases.
Yesterday Musiiwa said: “I have the history of the cases at the office, but I am out at the moment. Let me see what I can do for you.”
He had not fulfilled his promise by the time of going to print.
