Nairobi, Oct. 12 -- The Court of Appeal has now been tasked with determining treatment procedures for patients suffering from epilepsy, after renowned paediatric neurologist Donald Oyatsi challenged a decision by the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board to punish him for allegedly overdosing a one-and-a-half-year-old girl.
Dr Oyatsi has been charged with negligence after the High Court upheld the medical board's decision to find him guilty of overdosing the minor, by prescribing three different drugs to manage seizures and treat epilepsy.
At the heart of the neurologist's Court of Appeal case is the number of drugs to prescribe to epilepsy patients, as the medical board insists that no more than two can be given at the same time.
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