Athenkosi Mvane
11 April 2013
The Democratic Nursing Organisation
of South Africa’s National Executive Committee has raised its concerns
regarding shortage of nurses and ineffective HR budgetary management systems.
Denosa said the latest audit outcome
on public health facilities that was released in March painted a bleak picture
on the state of public health services in the country.
Denosa’s Spokesperson Sibongiseni
Delihlazo said their concern is that, although they acknowledge government
contracted 600 nurses, which will be deployed especially in rural areas; it is a drop
in the ocean given a shortage of nurses.
“Nurses are the backbone of our
healthcare, if we do not have enough of them then this will have a negative
impact on the country’s health” Delihlazo added.
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