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Sunday Times (Johannesburg) - September 8, 2002
Andre Jurgens
This was confirmed by Department of Health officials, who acted swiftly to reprimand 65-year-old Dr Victor Toma this week.
Toma was identified by the Sunday Times as the man behind an anonymous newspaper advertisement for an HIV "pilot study in chimpanzees".
Toma is employed by the state at the Kimberley Hospital complex as a consultant specialising in blood diseases.
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