Shaik - too sick for prison, too healthy for hospital

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clipped from www.businessday.co.za A DOCTORS’ report to the head of the Westville prison last September recommended considering convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik for medical parole. The report was signed by Prof DP Naidoo, head of cardiology at the school of medicine at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and Dr S Khan, principal specialist in cardiology. Shaik was given medical parole last week after serving two years and four months of his 15-year sentence. In terms of the law, medical parole is granted when a person is “in the final phase of a terminal disease or condition … to die a consolatory and dignified death”. On Sunday, Naidoo was reported as having recommended Shaik for discharge “because he was considered well enough to leave”. Prof Naidoo could not be reached for comment yesterday. But the KwaZulu-Natal health department said that Naidoo had been quoted out of context.