.UCT_news has thrown a ring of silence around racism claims amid allegations of a crude email from celebrated spinal surgeon Professor Robert Dunn, in which he referred to postgraduate students in the plastic surgery department as the “clinic bitch”.
Johannesburg – UCT has thrown a ring of silence around racism claims amid allegations of a crude email from celebrated spinal surgeon Professor Robert Dunn in the orthopaedic department at world-renowned Groote Schuur Hospital, in which he referred to postgraduate students in the plastic surgery department as the “clinic bitch”.
However, the matter is being investigated by the university, whose vice-chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng is currently leading Women’s Month celebrations with a host of activities. The university still does not have a bullying policy, and Phakeng allegedly, according to many staff members, sets the tone for senior academics, particularly in the clinical studies, to treat staff, especially people of colour, with varying degrees of racism, knowing that no action will be taken against them. Dunn said he would prefer not to be drawn into the matter publicly.
Several doctors at Groote Schuur, famous for cardiac surgeon Dr Chris Barnard who performed the world’s first human-to-human heart transplant operation here, have ganged up against one of the students to get her fired using patient care as an excuse, in addition to a litany of other efforts.
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