Doctor suspended for unpaid fees
A POPULAR Soweto medical doctor is currently operating without a medical licence and is accused by her staff of abusing them.
'FASTING AND PRAYER': General practitioner Dr Gabaza Ngubeni in her surgery in Diepkloof, Soweto. PHOTO: MABUTI KALI
Dr Gabaza Dolphina Ngobeni, who runs the Dr Gabaza Healing Centre in Diepkloof, has been suspended by the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) after failing to pay her annual fee.
Ngobeni has made guest appearances on Soweto TV, JoziFM and Shift on SABC1.
HPCSA acting registrar and CEO Dr Kgosi Letlape confirmed that Ngobeni is currently operating illegally.
"This practitioner is registered with the HPCSA as a medical practitioner in the category independent practice.
"She is currently suspended for failure to pay annual fees and is, as per the Health Professions Act, not allowed to practise her profession."
Asked about her licence Ngobeni said: "I still need to go to Pretoria and fix that up."
Later she claimed that she needed clarification from the HPCSA on why she was suspended.
Ngobeni has a general medical practice and a diabetes healing centre where she teaches people how to deal with the disease.
Ngobeni is also accused of abusing her staff. She allegedly does not pay them and sends threatening text messages and letters. She has 12 staff members and allegedly owes them more than R12,000.
"Dr Gabaza is using us, we are not happy with the treatment we get from her," one employee said.
Questioned about the employees' complaints Ngobeni confessed that she was not familiar with human resources management issues. She said she still needed to employ a human resources person to deal with such issues.
She, however, also blamed the delay in salary payment on the employees, accusing them of submitting wrong claims to medical aids.
In a letter to her employees shown to Sowetan Ngobeni wrote: "If u go without sorting out the claims then u must know I will not pay u. This is where money for the business comes from and if u refuse to check the source of the money where am I going to get the money to pay you."
Another letter written in February when staff were not paid read: "Our next payments if we work well will be 1 March 2012 . Then by 13 March 2012 we wil (sic) be able to settle Jan and February salaries combined. After 13 March everyone should be back on their original dates but I also recommend fasting and prayer. Moses fasted during the 40 days and 40 nights he was on Mount Sinai receiving the law from God (Exodus 34.28) . Sekunjalo."
- This article was first published in the Sowetan newspaper March 26 2012
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MorenaWaPolelo
What kind of name is Dolphina? Anyway this is exploitation and qouting from the scriptures not to pay people that is so demonic!!! Sis this Doctor does not like settling bills that is why her license is also suspended!Report Abuse
Memme
O befile bjale ka pelo ya gagwe, Gobaneg asa patele basomi ba gagwe??Report Abuse
Pointman
Moses fasted for forty days and forty nights. He also got lost for 40 years - you should tell your staff to follow that lead rather. If they are not doing their job then fire them. Hope your healing centre succeeds.Report Abuse
MommaC
Dolphina dear, get yourself a decent admin manager and stop sending letters that make you sound like a complete horsesarse.Report Abuse
BaleliM
She just managed to graduate to a high level of stupidity even with her doctorate.Report Abuse
RobinH
What a nasty nasty lady. Baleli.. Do you think she is stupid or just extremely callous?Report Abuse
Pabi
why should her employees rely on prayer before they get paid? wa gaga o waitse. Moses and Mount Sinai where do they fit in the salaries of the workers.Report Abuse
Pabi
Pabiwhy should her employees rely on prayer before they get paid? wa gaga o waitse. Moses and Mount Sinai where do they fit in the salaries of the workers.
I meant wa gafa o waitse.
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palipali
OHOOOO Dolphina,,,,,go and see a Professional Darling,,,,,,I'm sensing STRESS right there.Mathata a chelete Mangwane,amagama ajonge phantsi nakuthi mzala batala izikolete zakho mongane! or atlease have a decency of speaking with your employees about the problem.Report Abuse
MommaC
To be fair, the medical aids do take a long time to pay up and if there is the tiniest error in the claim it can take anywhere upwards of 18 months before they will pay out. The costs are carried by the medical practice for that time and it leads to a cash crisis of note. Many doctors (and pharmacists) won't even deal with medical aids any more and they demand payment up front and you can claim back from the medical aid later.Our local pharmacy went bang because medical aid owed him over 3 million and my doctor started refusing to deal with them when her debtors book was at 2.5 million - some of those claims being over 2 years old
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