The students questioned the value of doing medicine for five years and still possibly not having a recognised qualification.
Their transgression was to refuse to report to a Cuban medical training facility to study for an essentially worthless five-year medical degree. News of the dismissals prompted the SA National Defence Union to threaten legal action against the department of defence.“They have been administratively discharged through our military justice process. The military has its own justice system and going AWOL is a serious offence.
Asked whether the department had ascertained the status of the medical faculty’s accreditation with South Africa, or if the students would even be allowed to practise in South Africa, Dlamini dismissed the question entirely. “Even in South Africa, half the doctors were trained in Cuba and are now in the rural areas. Those who train in SA do not want to work there. Well, that is their right.”
It is understood this was because they believed the institution was not recognised by the Health Professions’ Council of SA so their medical qualifications would be worthless once they returned home.
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