Zweli Mkhize says a national database of unemployed health professionals has been compiled amid a shortage of infectious disease specialists
Cubans living in SA welcome a group of Cuban doctors who arrived in April to combat the spread of Covid-19. Picture: REUTERS/SIYABONGA SISHI
Health minister Zweli Mkhize said his department had also developed a national database for unemployed health professionals and private medical practitioners available to assist during the Covid-19 pandemic and volunteers. Mkhize defended the decision to bring in Cuban doctors, saying they had a particular strength in community medicine, an area in which SA was weak.
The nine provincial health departments had placed recruitment adverts for additional health workers across various categories on a contractual basis ranging from six to 12 months, Mkhize said. The targeted groups included bursary holders who recently completed training, unemployed health professionals and retired health professionals.
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