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

Loading player...
‘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

Other recent episodes

[TOP STORY] Youth unemployment deepens SA’s medical aid crisis

‘Young people are not joining the medical aid scheme and the ones who are in the medical aid scheme are dropping out. This results in a spiral effect in which the contributions or the premiums become more expensive,’ says Luyanda Njilo, senior equity research analyst for healthcare at Nedbank Corporate…
18 May 8AM 7 min

SA tightens grip on borehole use

Funding uncertainty threatens Cape Town’s MyCiTi success story. Why younger South Africans are leaving medical aid. And how stress fuels surge in addictive behaviours among SA workers.
18 May 5AM 31 min