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While government health-care facilities across the country are operating on skeleton staff negatively impacting the quality of medical care provided to patients, many qualified medical doctors continue to sit at home without work. It is this untenable situation that led the South African Medical Association Trade Union - SAMATU - to the streets on Thursday as they marched in four provinces to bring attention to the plight of unemployed doctors.For this conversation we are joined on the line by Dr Nkateko Mnisi, 1st Deputy President of Samatu, Dr Ntokozo Maphanga, an unemployed medical doctor AND Percy Mahlati, Deputy Director General at the National Department of Health ......
By SAfmWhile government health-care facilities across the country are operating on skeleton staff negatively impacting the quality of medical care provided to patients, many qualified medical doctors continue to sit at home without work. It is this untenable situation that led the South African Medical Association Trade Union - SAMATU - to the streets on Thursday as they marched in four provinces to bring attention to the plight of unemployed doctors.For this conversation we are joined on the line by Dr Nkateko Mnisi, 1st Deputy President of Samatu, Dr Ntokozo Maphanga, an unemployed medical doctor AND Percy Mahlati, Deputy Director General at the National Department of Health ......

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