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Emergency: Nurse Salome Nkoana at Tembisa Hospital . The increased demand in Gauteng for oncology services has led to the establishment of treatment centres in the Chris Hani Baragwanath and Dr George Mukhari academic hospitals. (Guillem Sartorio/AFP)
ASHLEIGH TRICHARDT

Specialists, nurses quit country’s ailing public health system

South Africa’s nurses are moving to the private sector or being recruited to high-income countries that are affected by the global shortage of healthcare professionals

  • Marcia Zali
11 min read