Durban Magistrate accuses KZN hospital of ’playing God’ as assault victim dies

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Durban Magistrate Anand Maharaj pointed out a glaring shortcoming in the country’s public health system as he delivered his judgement in a 2017 assault case that claimed the life of a man.

Durban: A KwaDukuza mother was left wondering this week whether her son would have overcome the fatal injuries he sustained after he was assaulted by a few men.

Maharaj said such determinations went against the country’s Constitution, which prescribed that “everyone has the right to life”, and, particularly in Dillin’s case, “nobody should be refused emergency medical treatment”. After being on the receiving end of a series of punches and kicks, at some point, Dillin attempted to sit up, but he was kicked in the head by Mudali, and that caused his head to hit the tarmac.Naidoo pleaded guilty to a charge of assault-GBH and was handed a five-year suspended sentence with conditions by another magistrate.

He singled out Naidoo’s evidence to be unreliable, contradictory and questioned whether it was completely objective because he read the statements of witnesses in the matter.

 

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Police, public hospital and court all failed here. South Afica is scarey.

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