Unemployed doctors in Mpumalanga sitting at home while ‘there are clinics without doctors’
In Mpumalanga nearly 80 junior doctors remain unemployed despite completing their obligated community service in December.
In Mpumalanga nearly 80 junior doctors remain unemployed despite completing their obligated community service in December.
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Mixed reactions as President sets to sign the NHI Bill into law
The NHI bill aims to establish a fund to purchase health services from both public and private providers.2 weeks ago
Zandspruit clinic turns patients away after 9am
Community members say nurses and security guards have been telling patients who arrive after 9 that the clinic is full.We spoke with residents who live in areas named after the president. The lived realities of the people of Ramaphosa reflect gaps in the delivery of the most basic of services. Read their stories here #healthenews
Ramaphosa has finally found his pen and is expected to sign the #NHI Bill today and medical professional bodies have no doubt it will be challenged in the courts. Read more via @yoliswasobuwa #HealtheNews
If you want to read about the NHI, over the years there has been extensive coverage by @SpotlightNSP @HealtheNews @Bhekisisa_MG. Search for NHI in their search bars and you find everything from the policy to the proposed funding model.
Patients say staff at Zandspruit clinic in Johannesburg turn them away saying the facility is full as early as 9am. Read more via @Oratilekekana12
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