Pretoria - The council for Medical Schemes' investigation into allegations of racial profiling against black and Indian private medical practitioners found that black providers are unfairly discriminated against on the grounds of race.
“These findings are both serious and far-reaching. But we believe that it is important to stress that we have not found evidence of deliberate unfair treatment. The evidence shows the unfair discrimination is in the outcomes .” The issuing of the preliminary report was meanwhile challenged by the Government Employees Medical Scheme which rushed to the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, over the weekend to stop the report from being released and made public.
Gems, however, rushed to the urgent court two hours before the report was due to be made public. Judge Colleen Collis delivered her judgment on Tuesday in which she struck the matter from the roll due to a lack of urgency. Gems, one of the biggest medical aid schemes in the country, said in its court application that it was told that the interim report contained findings that black healthcare providers “are unfairly discriminated against on grounds of race.”
“Non-white” Are we back in Apartheid? Why not just say Black?
TheStar_news Gems which is a Government medical aid and has an overwhelming black membership is 80% likely to discriminate against black medical proffesionals. The irony of thinking government equals black or equality😏. Votani ma comrade.
In a country predominantly black, this is disappointing.
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