Johnathan Paoli
Essential workers in the health sector, including doctors, dietitians and physiotherapists on Monday marched to the Union Buildings to demand that the government address unemployment in the health sector.
The SA Medical Trade Union (SAMTU) said on Monday that the protest action follows another strike in Pietermaritzburg earlier this month, in which over 80 unemployed medical doctors demonstrated outside the health department’s offices in KwaZulu-Natal.
The spokesperson for the cohort consisting of doctors and other medical practitioners Dzudzanani Marubini said the government needed to stop cutting corners and employ healthcare workers immediately.
“We started realising they’re not taking into consideration that we must be in the forefront of supplying the constitutional management of basic human rights,” Marubini said.
Previously, Health Minister Joe Phaahla noted the unemployment of hundreds of doctors across the country, highlighting the financial challenges facing the health sector.
There’s been concerns about large numbers of
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