The first steps towards a possible South African Medical and Dental Council (SAMDC) disciplinary hearing of the doctors involved in the treatment of Steve Biko before his death in detention in 1977 have been taken. The SAMDC has sent the state doctors named at the inquest, Dr Benjamin Tucker and Dr Ivor Lang, complaints levelled against them by Mr Eugene Roelofse, ombudsman of the SA Council of Churches. The doctors involved are seeking a declaratory order to block SAMDC from proceeding further in its preliminary inquiries. (RDM 25.10.79)
Issue 25 · article
Biko Death
Report on the disciplinary proceedings against doctors involved in the treatment of Steve Biko.
