The SCA has upheld a ruling against a Cape Town gynaecologist, denying his appeal to restore hospital admission privileges after a three-year suspension for unprofessional conduct.
The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has dismissed an appeal by Dr Ganes Anil Ramdhin, a specialist obstetrician and gynaecologist, who sought to compel Rondebosch Medical Centre to restore his hospital admission privileges after 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 traces 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.
