Hear What South African Doctors Have To Say
These doctors have chosen to be heard, and speak out. Read their testimonies and statements below:
Dr. Charles Hoffe
“The D‑dimer is a blood test that shows a recent blood clot. It doesn’t show anything else other than a recent blood clot. It won’t show an old blood clot. It only shows new blood clots. And so I have been now doing that on my patients… finding people who have recently had their Covid shot between 4 and 7 days, and doing a blood test on them called a D‑dimer. 62% of them have evidence of clotting. Which means that these blood clots are not rare. It means the majority of people are getting blood clots that they have no idea that they are having.
Once you block off a significant number of blood vessels to your lungs, your heart is now pumping against a much greater resistance to try and get the blood through your lungs. And the problem….so that causes a condition called Pulmonary Artery Hypertension.
It’s actually like high blood pressure in your lungs because the blood can’t get through because so many of the vessels are blocked. And the terrifying thing of this is that people with Pulmonary Artery Hypertension usually die of right sided heart failure within three years.”
BSc, MB, BCh, LMCC, Lytton Medical Clinic
Dr. Tess Lawrie
“There are many safe and effective treatments for Covid. Covid is treatable. It is not untreatable. Ivermectin works for prevention and treatment and has been around for 40 years. There are doctors around the world that have been taking ivermectin for a year prophylactically and have not become sick. There is no harm in pausing the vaccination program and let’s look at the data. Ivermectin can actually end this pandemic.”
MBBCh. PHD, Director The Evidence-Based Medicine Consultancy Ltd, Research Consultant Cochrane Gynaecological Cancer Group Royal United Hospital, Bath, United Kingdom. Research Scientist Honorary Clinical Fellow Royal, United Hospital Bath Trained in IUD and contraceptive implant techniques and obtained a Diploma in Sexual and Reproductive Health (DFSRH).Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Bath, United Kingdom. Medical Officer (Obstetrics) Tygerberg Hospital Clinical Research, Fellow Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Tygerberg Hospital, University of Stellenbosch Registrar in Obstetrics & Gynaecology Tygerberg hospital University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg, South Africa Clinical Research Fellow Helen Joseph Hospital University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Registrar in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital. Senior House Officer in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Johannesburg General Hospital. Senior House Officer in Obstetrics and Gynaecology J.G Strydom Hospital. Senior House Officer in Haematology/Oncology Johannesburg General Hospital
Dr. Susan Vosloo — the first South African female heart surgeon
“Let the views of others educate and inform you, but let your decisions be the product of your own conclusions.”
— Jim Rohn
Consultant Cardio-Thoracic Surgeon in Independent Practice since 1991. MB ChB UFS 1980; MMed(Cardio-Thoracic Surgery) UCT 1988; FCS(SA) 1988Medicine, Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 1965 – 1974 Medical Association of SA; SA Transplantation Society (SATS); Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons of SA; Paediatric Cardiac Society of SA; SA Heart Association; SA Thoracic Society (SATS); Businesswomen’s Association of SA (BWASA); UFS Council and Senate; Paediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society (PCICS) — Board Liaison to Africa; Steering Committee World Congress of Paediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Governing body World Society for Paediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
Dr. Naseeba Kathrada
“More than 99.5% of people worldwide survived Covid. That is with early treatment. Myself and many other General Practitioners around the country use early treatment protocols for our COVID-19 patients. These include treatments like vitamin C, vitamin D, zinc, quercetin, ivermectin, hydroxy chloroquine, hydrogen peroxide, colloidal silver and quite a few others.”
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.) ChB. M.B., CH.B (Natal) General Practitioner
Dr. Ivan Jardine
“Hi Everyone. My name is Dr Ivan Jardine. I’m an ENT surgeon with special interest in Sleep Apnea and Snoring. I’m practicing in Bedfordview Gauteng. I fully support basic human rights regarding our freedom of Informed Consent and respect everyone’s freedom to do so. There must be freedom to explore all alternative therapies and the power to choose must rest with the individual with no coercion, incentives or force.”
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.) ChB. M.B., CH.B (Natal) General Practitioner
Dr. Nathi Mdladla
“For the SARS COV2 virus we recommend the use of a combination of zinc, doxycycline with Ivermectin when treating patients already sick with Covid.
As a prophylaxis, the dose is 0.2mg/kg on day 1 and 3 then once a week or once every 2 weeks depending on risk. Break when Covid numbers are low.”
HOD Intensive Care (DGMAH & SMU); Cardiac anaesthetist in private practice, Dr. George Mukhari Academic Hospital and Sefako Makgatho University; University of the Witwatersrand City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
Dr. Shankara Chetty
“From the perspective of early treatment, South Africa has not restricted doctors from treating their patients in any particular manner. There have been some recommendations. The hospitals seem to be forced to follow the WHO protocols but as GPs in SA we were left to be kings of our domain. So we were allowed to use whatever drugs were required for our patients – and fortunately allowed me the latitude to do what I have done.
We took the preventative measures but we skipped the early treatment and went straight to the vaccination – and that cost us a lot of lives in the long run.
The WHO needs to take a good long look at itself – whatever we advise, we need to be accountable for.”
General Practitioner, Natural Science Biologist, Family General Medical Practitioner. Private PracticeJSS Medical College, Mysore Port Edward, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Dr. Maré Olivier
… in humility value others above yourselves…
— Philippians 2:3
My philosophy as a doctor is – ‘First do no harm’.
During the Covid-19 pandemic two experiences shocked my belief in what it means to be a doctor.
The first was medical nihilism, the lack of willingness to treat patients suffering from an illness was beyond me.
The second was that I was expected to recommend my patients take an experimental treatment, without information on the contents of the treatment, the risks to my patients and the possible interaction with other medications and conditions.
It was however wonderful to meet medical professionals and other like-minded individuals from many different countries who had the same experience and worked together to find solutions. These connections will last long beyond Covid-19.
MBChB
Dr. Paul E. Marik
“Ivermectin is exceedingly safe – has treated 3.7 billion people over 40 years with a broad spectrum of anti-viral properties including SARS-COV‑2.
A wonder drug in 1 tablet and it defies all logic why this drug has not been accepted and used more widely for the treatment and prevention of COVID-19.
There is no question that Ivermectin could turn this pandemic around.”
Professor of Medicine Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; MBBCh in Medicine Surgery, 1981 — University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Internal Medicine, 1989 — University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Fellowships: Critical Care, 1992 — University Western Ontario, Anesthesia, 1990 — College of Medicine of South Africa, Pharmacology, 1990 — University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Board Certifications: Critical Care Medicine (ABIM) — 1999, Internal Medicine (ABIM) — 1998
Dr. Martin Gill
“It seems to be a political game being played here, and the only way you win a political game is pressure. The people have to put pressure on the government in all the different ways that they can and us doctors are very well organized and are doing everything we can to put on pressure. And at some point, something is going to have to break”
Otorhinolaryngologist (Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist); BSc Med (Wits), MBBCh (Wits), FCS (ORL) South Africa, Practice focus: General ENT, Paediatric ENT. Dr gill has been in private practice in Johannesburg for 24 years. He has worked at Life Fourways Hospital since 2006 and prior to that, at Olivedale Clinic.