Every year in January and July, the placement of junior doctors for medical internships or community service has become an issue as many are left unsure about their future in the medical field. | YoliswaSobuwa
The SA Medical Association said the public healthcare system relied on the placement of interns and community service doctors to increase its staff complement.
Recruiting unemployed doctors was key in ensuring vacancies were filled and quality healthcare was provided to patients, he said. Junior doctors who were placed in other provinces started their community service as planned, but the 79 who were placed in Limpopo have not as they have not yet signed their contracts with the provincial health department.still had not heard where they would be placed as part of the Internship and Community Service Programme.
Another junior doctor, August*, who was placed at Jane Furse Hospital in Burgersfort, said they were shocked clinical managers and hospital HR departments were not informed of their cohort. DA Limpopo health spokesperson Risham Maharaj said they had received complaints from doctors who were meant to start work on 1 July but were now stranded and unemployed after their two-year medical internships concluded at the end of June.These doctors were placed at health facilities in the province on a list shared with them on 27 June but were seemingly told that there are funding issues and challenges in filling all the posts.
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