Gauteng hospitals have a “critical” shortage of nurses and doctors, the head of the health department has admitted.
He said the number of people living in Gauteng had increased without a corresponding increase in health staff.He said that staffing and budgets had not kept up with demand for health services in the province. Nor did the health budget allocation from treasury keep up with public servants' wage increases each year.President Cyril Ramaphosa announced in December that there would be more money to hire critical medical staff.
A Gauteng department of health letter was sent to all hospital CEOs in 2018, telling them not to hire staff to replace those who resigned or retired.He denied there was moratorium on staff, describing it instead as"CEOs having to manage the purse".
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