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SA health system is putting workers at risk of getting TB – Hospersa

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The union says it is time for the SA government to address the high prevalence of TB in the country.

Serious shortcomings in the South African health system are putting workers in the health sector at great risk, the Health and Other Services Personnel Trade Union of South Africa said on Sunday.

World TB Day was intended to raise awareness about the disease and this year’s theme as announced by the World Health Organisation was “It’s time”. The WHO reported that TB was the world’s deadliest infectious killer, claiming over 4500 lives a day. According to the WHO, the theme “It’s time” accentuated the urgency to act on commitments made by global leaders when they met at the first-ever United Nations high level meeting in September 2018.

“The health care profession is losing many qualified professionals at an alarming rate, as many health care workers fear the high occupational risks, and those who contract TB contract multi-drug resistant TB and TB outside of the lungs, which is currently not compensated,” he said.

 

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