Doctor who was not at his post while on call, faces disciplinary charge

The East Cape health department is pursuing a disciplinary charge against a doctor at Empilweni Hospital who, while on call, allegedly decided to go to his Beacon Bay home to sleep, leaving nursing staff to attend to a very ill baby, who subsequently died...

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