Supreme Court of Appeal rules against Cape Town gynaecologist in hospital admission case.
The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has dismissed an appeal by specialist obstetrician and gynaecologist, Dr Ganes Anil Ramdhin, who sought to legally force Rondebosch Medical Centre (Pty) Ltd (RMC) to restore his hospital admission privileges following his suspension.
The judgment confirms that a medical practitioner’s contract for admission privileges automatically terminates by operation of law if they are suspended from practice by the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA).
The legal battle trace back to October 2019, when Dr Ramdhin entered into an informal, unwritten agreement with RMC’s then-sole shareholder, Dr Nisar Moosa, granting him admission privileges to treat and admit his private patients at the facility.
However, the arrangement was upended in June 2023 when Dr Ramdhin pleaded guilty to two charges of unprofessional conduct before the HPCSA. The charges stemmed from his treatment of two patients in 2020 and included performing a futile operation, performing procedures without an adequate pre-operative work-up, and failing to provide adequate post-operative care.
