About 70 medical practitioners accused of professional negligence will learn their fate next month when the Medical and Dental Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal sits. The Registrar, Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, Dr Tajudeen Sanusi, disclosed this in an interview with our correspondent on Sunday. Sanusi told The PUNCH that the 70 cases to be decided early August were those recommended for trial among the petitions already investigated by the council. There has been increasing outcry about negligence on the part of some medical practitioners, leading to the death of their patients. “We have about 70 cases.

Source: Punch July 04, 2021 23:26 UTC