Question marks over the constitutionality of Part VIII of the Medical Practitioners Act (MPA) 2007 remain unanswered, despite the recent ruling in the landmark Supreme Court case involving the Medical Council and Consultant Paediatrician Prof Martin Corbally, IMT reports.
The Medical Council’s sanction against a leading Professor of Surgery arose from a series of unfortunate circumstances and may resolve the uncertainty surrounding the definition of poor professional performance, writes Lloyd Mudiwa.
A regulatory body must have the courage to inform complainants in an appropriate case who may be understandably aggrieved by an error that the slip-up in question, even if established in evidence, is simply not capable of rounding an allegation of misconduct or poor professional performance (PPP), the Supreme Court has advised.
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