‘Vindictive, intolerant’: top academics’ stinging criticism of Pillay

Anban Pillay, the acting director-general of the health department, 'crossed a line' in his call for a Medical Research Council investigation of its president, Prof Glenda Gray, say academics.

Image: Robert Tshabalala Anban Pillay, the acting director-general of the health department, 'crossed a line' in his call for a Medical Research Council investigation of its president, Prof Glenda Gray, say academics.

Academic heavyweights have slammed the health department’s acting head for his “vindictive” criticism of SA Medical Research Council president Prof Glenda Gray.

And they want Anban Pillay to back off.

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