Indian-Origin Doctor Faces Murder Charge In South Africa For Patient’s Death
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Dr Dayanand appeared in court this week and was released on bail. (Representational)Johannesburg: A murder charge against an Indian-origin doctor in South Africa's Johannesburg after his patient died has triggered an outcry among the South African medical fraternity, which argued that "premature criminalisation" of doctors are negatively affecting the ability of healthcare workers to save lives and negating the trust in the law to protect the public.Dr Avindra Dayanand, 35, had handed himself over to police after one of his patients died following a gall bladder surgery, according to a report in the Sunday Times news portal on Sunday.An inquest docket was initially opened following the patient, Monique Vandayar's death, but was later changed to murder by the National Prosecuting A...