Former trainee medical doctor Dennis Noa will not be released on bail while he appeals against his conviction on a charge of rape, on which he was sentenced to an eight-year prison term in February. Noa’s application to be granted bail pending the outcome of his appeal against the verdict in his trial was dismissed...
“It’s hell, it’s horrible.” This was the description of conditions in Windhoek Correctional Facility given by jailed former trainee medical doctor Dennis Noa when he testified in the Windhoek Regional Court yesterday. “You are locked in, it’s loud, there are lice,” Noa described his experience of prison life to magistrate Victor Nyazo, who sentenced him...
The scourge of unemployment leaves no field untouched, even medicine. Even South Africa’s youngest woman medical doctor has found herself without a job and is asking for help. Dr Thakgalo Thibela (24) said she is eager and ready for service anywhere in the country. “I happen to find myself as part of the over 800...
Former trainee medical doctor Dennis Noa, who was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment on a rape charge last week, will be appealing against his conviction. A notice setting in motion an appeal to the High Court by Noa has been filed, one of Noa’s defence lawyers, Janike McLeod-Janser, said on inquiry yesterday. In the notice,...
Former trainee medical doctor Dennis Noa had a duty of care towards the patient he was convicted of raping at Katutura Intermediate Hospital in April 2011, but took advantage of his position “to quench his sexual appetite”, a magistrate commented during Noa’s sentencing in the Windhoek Regional Court yesterday. It is aggravating that the patient...
Since independence, doctors have been remunerated fairly by the medical aid fund industry for private healthcare services, and a symbiosis existed that was sustainable and ethical. The role of determining the remuneration of services rendered was later determined by an act of parliament, under the mandate given to the Namibian Association of Medical Aid Funds...
A medical doctor accused of raping a patient in a Windhoek hospital in April 2021 will have to wait a few days longer to hear the verdict in his trial in the Windhoek Regional Court. The judgement in the trial of Dr Dennis Noa (29) is not completed yet, magistrate Victor Nyazo said when Noa...
A medical doctor accused of raping a patient in a Windhoek hospital in April 2021 will have to wait a few days longer to hear the verdict in his trial in the Windhoek Regional Court. The judgement in the trial of Dr Dennis Noa (29) is not completed yet, magistrate Victor Nyazo said when Noa...
Chinese authorities are investigating a hospital over an incident where a surgeon allegedly punched the patient he was operating on at the time. It was captured in a clip that went viral on Chinese social media this week, sparking outrage online. The hospital’s parent group, Aier China, has suspended the surgeon and dismissed the CEO...
By Benjamin Wickham WINDHOEK, November 29 — Dr. Esperance Luvindao, a distinguished Namibian healthcare specialist, delivered a compelling address at the third international conference on public health in Africa, advocating for the establishment of an African Digital Health Innovation Center. This envisioned centre would act as a regulatory authority, overseeing digital health innovation across the...