BRIAN KANTOR: Ideologues and rent-seekers are behind SA’s nursing crisis
02 June 2023 - 05:00
Netcare CEO Richard Friedland’s warning of a looming nursing crisis in SA is a depressing reflection of the state of the country. A cohort of ageing cohort of nurses, many of whom will soon be retiring, is not being replaced, due to government inaction.
It was warned well in advance but chose to ignore the warning, Friedland says. Netcare had been accredited to train more than 3,000 nurses a year but was allowed to train “barely a 10th of that”. ..
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