Burden: Medical staff at Tembisa Hospital on the East Rand work hard with few resources to assist the many people seeking healthcare. (Guillem Sartorio/Getty Images)
People who rely on public health facilities say the scheme is just way for the government to avoid dealing with the hard problems
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