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eNCA reports that more than 200 newly qualified doctors and pharmacists are in limbo as they are unable to find posts.
Experts believe there has been an increase in the number of trainees, but the public health system simply can't absorb them -- despite a critical shortage of staff at public health facilities. The Pharmaceutical Society of SA (PSSA) has called on the government to scrap the compulsory year of community service year required of graduates if it cannot find them posts. Meanwhile, the Junior Doctors' Association said it had received complaints from 135 doctors needing to do internships and community service but who were yet to be placed.
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