Doctors reinstated after seat hits the fan in Chairgate

30 August 2019 - 08:00 By Katharine Child
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The open-aired courtyard at Cape Town's Tygerberg Hospital from where the chairs at the centre of the dismissal storm were taken.
The open-aired courtyard at Cape Town's Tygerberg Hospital from where the chairs at the centre of the dismissal storm were taken.
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The Western Cape health department has reinstated two doctors – one who was fired and the other suspended – over the “theft” of two broken chairs.

But anaesthetists in training Mathew de Swardt and Kim Morgan have now received final written warnings instead.

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