Over 5,000 health staff to be sought in huge recruitment drive, Aaron Motsoaledi says
This is more than double the number of healthcare posts announced in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s economic stimulus package in September
Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi has worked with his provincial counterparts to mobilise additional resources for hiring staff, more than doubling the number of healthcare posts announced in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s economic stimulus package in September. A total of 5,300 personnel are to be hired by provincial health departments in the recruitment drive, ranging from medical specialists to artisans, Motsoaledi said, following a meeting of the national health council. Ramaphosa previously announced that 2,200 posts would be filled, and the Treasury allocated R350m for this project for the current fiscal year, during the medium-term budget policy statement. More resources have been sourced by provinces in order to boost these numbers, including nonclinical personnel, said Motsoaledi. “The biggest problems in the health sector were identified to be shortage of staff and lack of maintenance of equipment and infrastructure. Therefore artisans, architects and engineers are an essentia...
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