Denosa in Limpopo said yesterday it was ironic that the department was broke when it had the second-biggest budget in the province.
More than 400 newly qualified nurses are sitting idle in Limpopo, despite having been trained at taxpayers’ expense and the province experiencing a shortage of medical professionals.
The training agreement between the nurses and the department entailed them providing community service duties for 12 months and later being absorb into provincial health facilities. But that was not to be for the 444 nurses. “What is more critical is that Limpopo has adopted a 24-hour service plan. Most of these clinics, especially in far-flung rural areas, do not operate 24 hours, as planned. When asked why, the department claimed they are short staffed,” Monyaki told The Citizen.
Early this year, provincial health MEC Phophi Ramathuba said appointing the nurses and other graduates would cost the department an additional R333 million a year. She said the department was only able to appoint 142 people, who were medical officers.
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