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The Citizen reports that according to the SA Medical Association (Sama), hundreds of qualified doctors still waiting to be placed for their mid-year internships would eventually be allocated positions despite the frustrating delays in their placements.
More than 200 qualified doctors have expressed frustration and worry as they have had no word from the Department of Health (DOH) on the mid-year internship intake, which is set to start next month. With some waiting for placement for more than a year, most completed their studies this year and have been waiting several months to be placed by the DOH’s Internship and Community Service Programme (ICSP). A medical graduate indicated: “We have applied for the midyear cycle, which is supposed to start placing us from 11 June, but on Friday, they said they postponed the placement as some posts still need to be funded.” But the excuse of lack of funding was invalid, as the health department had always known they would need to allocate and place medical interns, a Walter Sisulu University medical graduate pointed out. According to an e-mail sent by the ICSP to the graduates on Friday, the DOH was still finalising the process for the midyear intake due to the extension of the academic year at higher education institutions. But Sama, which was in talks with the DOH on the intakes, said the students would definitely be placed, despite the delay from the department.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Rorisang Kgosana at The Citizen
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