Editorial: Tragedy a chance for GP ANC to show up

18 September 2016 - 02:00
By Sunday Times

Thirty-six patients dead - and no one has been held responsible. This is becoming a tired song now, but in any properly functioning democracy politicians and senior officials would have fallen on their swords. But we are at a sad stage in our country in which public representatives and officials feel no sense of shame - even when their failings lead to the loss of life.

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