The South African medical fraternity is suffering from an exodus of nurses and doctors, leaving public hospitals in particular understaffed.
Sibongiseni Delihlazo, the spokesperson for the Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA , said at a recent meeting of the East, Central and Southern African College of Nursing in Johannesburg, that there has been an uptick of enquiries from nurses about how they can work abroad, reported theDelihlazo said that nurses are asking about the process of moving overseas, including the details of recruitment agencies, as a potential career abroad offers better pay and working conditions.
“This problem is self-inflicted. The reduction of investment by the government in both infrastructure and the number of nurses the country produces is what has landed the country in the current crisis. Present-day figures supplied by the South African Nursing Council showed that at the end of 2020, there were over 21,000 nurses in training, but private hospital group Life Healthcare noted that this year, the country still requires an additional 26,000 nurses to be trained to meet the growing demands of the industry.
“The sad reality is that South Africa’s abilities to produce quality medical specialists have also deteriorated over time as a result of emigration, leaving fewer opportunities for specialised training,” said Comrie.
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