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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The Gauteng health department says a whistleblower paediatrician at the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital was never issued with a written warning.<\/p>\n

Instead, the department said, Dr Tim de Maayer and officials from the hospital had agreed on warning letter being issued, but that this was never done.<\/p>\n

In response to questions in the Gauteng legislature, acting Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko said “parties agreed on issuing a written warning”.<\/p>\n

But, this never happened.<\/p>\n

Spokesperson Motalatale Modiba said: “While parties had at the beggining contemplated issuing a warning letter against Dr De Maayer, this decision was never acted upon as parties had agreed to finally close the matter.”<\/p>\n

He said the department considered the “matter closed”.<\/p>\n

Alarm raised over backlash against whistleblower doctors, despite Gauteng health department spin<\/p>\n

De Maayer was suspended on 10 June after he wrote an open letter to the health department which claimed that the “horrendous conditions in our public hospitals” contributes to children’s deaths.<\/p>\n

His suspension caused outrage among his colleagues and academics who are part of the “I Am” movement.<\/p>\n

They wrote a letter to Gauteng Premier David Makhura and Health Minister Joe Phaahla in support of De Maayer. Members of the organisation have since met with the minister and the premier.<\/p>\n

Nkomo-Ralehoko said hospital CEO Dr Nozuko Mkabayi had decided to discipline the doctor for transgressing the internal communications policy and the public service code of conduct.<\/p>\n

DA health spokesperson Jack Bloom said it was unfair that no action had been taken against the hospital CEO.<\/p>\n

“Meanwhile, there will be no disciplinary action against the hospital CEO for her vindictiveness against De Maayer, as Nkomo-Ralehoko says ‘the department has not yet established any wrongdoing by the CEO’,” he said.<\/p>\n

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