The South African Medical Association has slammed the Gauteng Health Department’s decision to release unplaced medical graduates from their community service obligations.
The department says the junior doctors can seek employment elsewhere without having to serve the state.
However, the association has criticized the move saying public hospitals are severely understaffed.
You will understand that these doctors were taken out of institutions so it means there is a further shortage of personnel of healthcare professionals in those institutions so that will impact negatively on the service delivery, said SAMA chairperson Dr Mvuyisi Mzukwa.
Source: eNCA
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