[TOP STORY] SA’s specialist crisis: Why junior doctors are taking unpaid roles

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‘The budget spend is focusing on those interns and community service doctors, but not on specialists. So there's almost like a hesitancy or reluctance to spend on creating more specialists,’ says Dr Simon Fraser, Junior Doctors Association of South Africa.
27 Nov 2024 8AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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