Doctor killed boy (2) with incorrect dosage
An anaesthetist who caused the death of a small boy by administering an incorrect drugs dosage has been sentenced to four years imprisonment, suspended for five years. A Beeld report says Dr Deon Kotzé will also have to serve 18 months of community service in a provincial hospital in Sasolburg and undergo a formal refresher course in paediatric life support at an academic institution.
He admitted in the Vereeniging Regional Court that he administered the incorrect dosage to Juandré Bennett (2) in the Vereeniging MediClinic in 2012. Magistrate Retha Willemse said the sentence should enable Kotzé to ‘regain his self-respect’ and to pass on his knowledge by training young doctors as part of his sentence. The boy's parents are proceeding with civil action against Kotzé.
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