The HPCSA acting manager for public relations and service delivery, Lize Nel, said on Monday afternoon that the hearing has been set for April 8 till 11.
Attorney Gary Austin, who is representing several of Gordon’s patients, brought an application before the Pretoria High Court to compel the HPCSA to institute an enquiry with a view to having Gordon being permanently suspended from practice.
The court papers, which the City Times has seen, state that Gordon “is posing an imminent threat and danger to the public in terms of his professional practice’’.
The attorney representing Gordon, Carl Wesemann, from Kramer and Wesemann, confirmed on Monday that an affidavit has been sent to all concerned parties.
In the affidavit, signed by Gordon, he lists his request to be removed from the medical register.
In the documents, Gordon states that he has no intention to practise as a medical practitioner.
Gordon goes on to say, in the affidavit, that he does not plan to appear before the hearing.
An official at the HPCSA confirmed on Monday afternoon that the legal department had received Gordon’s affidavit and that the hearing would still take place on April 8.
Austin has, for years, represented a number of patients of Gordon who were dissatisfied with his services.
In September 2013, Austin took the HPCSA to court after they allegedly failed to take urgent steps against the doctor after a number of complaints had been made by former patients of Gordon.
The HPCSA defended that matter, and when further patients came forward, another application was launched in March this year.
After that application was launched the HPCSA agreed to urgently institute suspension proceedings.
The City Times reported, on September 16, last year, on numerous complaints listed in founding affidavits about patients who consulted the doctor.
Four applicants alleged in affidavits, last year, that they had suffered severe disfigurement and impairment due to Gordon’s mismanagement.
One of the complainants claimed that her breasts are still too big, and that her nipples are pear-shaped and at different heights, following her surgery.
Another patient allegedly had to have his leg amputated shortly after receiving bilateral calf implants in surgery performed by Gordon.
According to Austin, since the March 2014 application to court, more than 20 further complaints have been received from people dissatisfied with Gordon’s practice.
The City Times could not reach Gordon for comment, although messages were left for him on his cellphone voicemail.
Roslin Nacholas, from the Metamorphosis Clinic, said Gordon no longer practises at the Lakefield clinic.
