Rural Doctors
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Bureaucracy, power and grants: When a pen may be as mighty as the scalpel
Go inside this unspoken ethical dilemma South African doctors face every day.
The rural doctor who came home to serve his people in their own language
This doctor returned to his home town to live, love and heal.
Comment: Too much stick, not enough carrot
The state’s proposed certificate of need will not address inequities in rural healthcare.
SA needs rural doctors
Although working conditions are tough in rural areas, doctors need to go where they are most needed, says a medical student.
Comment: Free healthcare is a human right
Healthcare that is accessible to all is the foundation on which an equitable and efficient system must be built.
Lure ‘ordinary’ docs to rural hospitals
It should not be left to a small band of heroic doctors to carry the public healthcare torch alone.