SAMA slams government's approach to striking unemployed doctors - SABC News

The unemployed doctors staged a sit-in at the KwaZulu-Natal Health offices in Pietermaritzburg.The doctors have not been placed, despite a commitment made by the health minister to place them by the first of April.

“The South African Medical Association is deeply saddened and disappointed by the approach that government has taken in as far as addressing the concerns that are raised by these unemployed doctors,” says SAMA Chairperson, Mvuyisi Mzukwa. “This was a promise made by the minister in parliament, that come the first of April- these doctors will be absorbed into the system. We know how the challenges are in the system, the dire shortages of healthcare workers – especially doctors, and in the rural areas. But now we have these smart, young, qualified medical doctors who are sitting at home, who have been trained here in our country,” adds Mzukwa.

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