The DA has proposed that the government allow medical practitioners-in-training to be placed at private health facilities for internship or community service in an effort to increase the talent pool and reduce the number of medical graduates sitting at home.
In a private members’ Bill gazetted last week and put forward by its health spokesperson Michele Clark, the party said medical practitioners should be able to apply to private as well as public facilities for placement.
The proposed Bill would be cost effective for the state and bring more people into a system desperately needing professional nurses and doctors, reports Business Day. …..more
