A KWAZULU-NATAL general practitioner accused of unprofessional conduct during the Covid-19 pandemic, following his “remarks” during a webinar on the virus, continues in his bid to have the charge against him revised or dismissed.
Dr Shankara Chetty, of Port Edward, was charged with unprofessional conduct for allegedly contravening the Health Professions Council of SA’s (HPCSA) ethical rules and guidelines of conduct for practitioners.
Willem Daniel Francois Venter, a medical professor, lodged the complaint against Chetty with the HPCSA.
According to the charge sheet, it is alleged that Chetty contravened ethical rules, such as Rule 19, subsection b, which requires health-care practitioners to only use health technologies, which have been proven on investigation to be capable of fulfilling the claims made in regard to it.
He is further accused of contravening Rule 27, A subsection a, which indicates that health practitioners should act in the best interests of patients, including the advice they give on public platforms.
He is also accused of contravening Rule 12. According to the charge sheet, it read, “a practitioner shall not cost reflections on the probability of other health-care practitioners in line with that”.
He is also accused of making aspersions related to the
