South Africa faces a veterinary shortage worsened by emigration. Better salaries won’t solve the issue without a stable future.
Veterinary brain drain affects rural areas the most. Fixing salaries is just one part; a stable country is crucial for retention.There will, undoubtedly, be those who react with a “so what?” to the news that veterinarians are leaving the country in droves. Surely, doctors, who treat humans, are more important than those who treat animals, their argument might run.
Many of them work long, hard hours in rural areas, caring for farm animals – and are, therefore, a vital component of the agricultural sector. This sector, unglamorous though it may be, puts food on our tables and provides hundreds of thousands of jobs. Worst hit by the vet shortage are rural areas where there is often a lack of equipment or medicines and clinics frequently close down.
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