SA’s missing doctors

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SA has a severe shortage of doctors and specialists for its growing population. While emigration plays a role, the bigger issue is that the country is not training sufficient numbers of new doctors, writes JustinBrownSA.

Maleboho Senior Secondary School, in the Limpopo bushveld, is five hours’ drive from St Stithians College, in the heart of Joburg's northern suburbs. But the historical and social distance between the two schools couldn’t be greater: the one private; the other state-run.

Edwin Molele and Alexandra Walker’s journeys to join SA’s new medical generation as bachelors of medicine & surgery are as different as the schools they come from. ..A subscription helps you enjoy the best of our business content every day along with benefits such as articles from our international business news partners; ProfileData financial data; and digital access to the Sunday Times and Sunday Times Daily.

 

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