Cape Town – Matthew Lani, a TikTok personality posing as a doctor, has reportedly claimed that he was denied access to antiretroviral (ARV) medication at a local clinic and wrote to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC).
EWN reported that Lani, who is HIV positive, posted a video alleging denial of entry to a local clinic by security guards.
In October, he was caught at Helen Joseph Hospital wearing a stethoscope, purportedly for TikTok content.
Lani said since then, the Department of Health had issued a circular instructing his prohibition from entering any of its facilities.
Zamantungwa Mbeki, the SAHRC Gauteng manager, said they were probing whether Lani’s rights to life and medical care had been infringed upon.
Tik Tok ‘Doctor’, #MatthewLani, says he is considering filing a lawsuit in the Constitutional Court against the Gauteng Department of Health. Lani claims that the department is refusing to allow him entry to health facilities to collect his ARV medication.#KayaNewsw NPM pic.twitter.com/EsASSEtL0j
— Kaya 959 News (@KayaNews) December 29, 2023
“It doesn’t matter who he is, or anybody is. Anybody deprived of medication that they’re supposed to be having, they not supposed to be having these challenges in accessing their medicines, particularly for the reasons he has alleged were given to him,” the report quoted Mbeki as saying.
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Compiled by Betha Madhomu
