Wait for cancer care inhumane

Whatever form it takes – and there are some minor variations to it – the Hippocratic Oath sworn by medical professionals binds them to care for all patients entrusted to them… and do their utmost to “cause no harm” to any such patient.

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Clearly, in the Gauteng department of health, it is either that the non-medics who are calling the shots – or, more worryingly, that the doctors in positions of authority appear to be turning a blind eye to the prescripts of the Hippocratic Oath.

How else do you explain the callous treatment of the more than 3 000 patients who are on the waiting list for what could well be life-saving cancer treatments?