Medical professionals whose contracts have been terminated must be exempted from their ‘Zuma year’
16 May 2022
Note to Editors: Please find an attached soundbite by Haseena Ismail MP
According to reports 2 748 community healthcare workers, 631 nurses and 91 doctors who were performing community service had their contracts terminated before they have completed it due to the Department of Health’s budgetary constraints.
These doctors and nurses will be unable to find jobs since they are legislated to undergo at least a year of community service before practising medicine or nursing.
The termination of these contracts will undoubtedly have a negative impact on our healthcare system, considering the scarcity of medical practitioners across the country.