{"id":22787,"date":"2024-09-01T12:21:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-01T10:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=22787"},"modified":"2024-09-01T12:21:05","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T10:21:05","slug":"coming-up-on-carte-blanche-1-september-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2024\/09\/01\/coming-up-on-carte-blanche-1-september-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 1 September 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cTonight\u2019s broadcast will be a seminal moment for our team.\u00a0Months of investigation, weeks of legal wrangling and no shortage of frayed emotions later, we finally air one of the most significant stories we\u2019ve produced on alleged medical malpractice. Our interviewees have harrowing stories to tell and the attempts at silencing them have been, frankly, shameful.\u201d\u00a0– <\/em>John Webb, Executive Producer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Surgeon<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Early on a cold winter\u2019s morning, in a stark hall in an undisclosed Johannesburg location, a group of strangers meets for the first time. They shuffle in, one by one. A young man who says he\u2019s contemplating suicide, his life ruined by multiple complicated surgeries. A teenager, accompanied by his parents, who says he has been left with lifelong debilitating complications. A woman who lives with chronic pain thanks to a seemingly unnecessary operation. These strangers are here to share their stories of pain and suffering they allege at the hands of a doctor who connects them all. After months of in-depth investigation \u2013 during which we and our sources have been threatened with legal action \u2013 we are now able to reveal allegations of shocking misconduct by a Johannesburg surgeon. This specialist focuses on laparoscopic surgery: minimally invasive \u201ckeyhole\u201d procedures that usually allow patients to go home within 24 hours. But the patients in our story allege that they spent hours in theatre, underwent\u202fnumerous \u2013 sometimes unnecessary \u2013 surgeries and suffered serious complications that have left them physically damaged and emotionally traumatised. In this three-part special, Carte Blanche investigates an alleged pattern of medical malpractice and the suffering it has caused.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Producer: Mart-Marie Faure & Stenette Grosskopf | Research & Script: Laura Byrne | Presenter: Claire Mawisa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CARTE BLANCHE: THE PODCAST<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Cry Our Beloved Women & Girls<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Scorpions 2.0 is a go after years of delays\u2026 Then, the forgotten continent \u2013 mpox shows how Africa is often overlooked. Later, a win for South Africans as inflation hits a three-year low. And forget about free Willy. It\u2019s free Charlie the Elephant! But first, as many South Africans struggle to come to terms with the murder of 16-year-old Deveney Nel, and the family of slain Pastry Princess, Thembekile Letlape, try and come to terms with her death at the hands of an alleged abusive boyfriend, we ask \u2013 once again \u2013 what needs to happen for women and girls in South Africa to be safe?<\/p>\n\n\n\n