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ANA reports that the Health and Other Service Personnel Trade Union of SA (Hospersa) on Tuesday urged national health minister Aaron Motsoaledi to address the critical shortage of staff in the public health system.
General secretary Noel Desfontaines said there appeared to be a paradox where newly qualified doctors remained unemployed, while there was a critical staff shortage at public hospitals and clinics. He referred to a press briefing last week where Motsoaledi claimed that there were 147 posts available for unemployed doctors. “The Minister’s statement fails to sufficiently address the shortage of staff in public hospitals and clinics, and that more can be done to provide incentives to qualified but unemployed health professionals to work in rural areas,” said Desfontaines. He added that Hospersa was appalled over the often dismal working conditions faced by its members in the public sector.
- Read this report in full at The Citizen
- See too, Health Minister under fire for staff shortages, at Cape Times
- Read Hospersa’s press statement in this regard at SA Labour News
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