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TimesLIVE reports that according to the SA Medical Association (Sama), the arrival of over 200 medical specialists from Cuba was a “little bit premature”.
Sama chairperson Dr Angelique Coetzee said on Tuesday: “We always need expertise from other people and it is always welcome to have them on board and in our country, but for now I think it is a bit premature. So far we have managed quite well without outside help.” The group of medical doctors from Cuba arrived in the country on Monday. It consists of experts in epidemiology, biostatistics, and public health, family physicians, health care technology engineers and experts to provide technical assistance. According to Coetzee, there are many retired doctors in the country who could play a key role in mentoring younger doctors during the outbreak. “Only when you have exhausted all your internal resources, then it could be prudent to get people from the outside in …We are not unhappy that there are doctors coming in; we just say that it is premature and that we must first look at our own resources and look at our own people,” Coetzee said.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Iavan Pijoos at TimesLIVE
- Read too, Western Cape begrudgingly accepts help from Cuban doctors, at The Citizen
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