Tower Psychiatric Hospital is no Life Esidimeni - health ombudsman
23 August 2018
Health Ombudsman Malegapuru Makgoba has recommended that psychiatrist Dr Kiran Sukeri be suspended, finding that claims he had made about Tower Psychiatric Hospital were "unreliable".
"The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) should consider the immediate suspension of Dr Sukeri until his fitness for office can be determined," Makgoba announced at a briefing on Thursday at the Medical Research Council in Pretoria.
The hospital in Fort Beaufort made national headlines earlier this year due to Sukeri's claims about the treatment of patients at the facility, which brought the reputation of health in South Africa into disrepute.
Makgoba briefed members of the media about the "Report on an Investigation into Allegations of Patient Mismanagement and Patient Rights Violations at the Tower Psychiatric Hospital and Psychosocial Rehabilitation Centre (TPHPRC)".