News24 | Unemployed junior doctors forced to survive on locum posts amid job scarcity

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SA doctors are not only facing unemployment but also inadequate training, staffing imbalance levels, ageing infrastructure, lack of medical supplies and harsh working conditions.

SA doctors are not only facing unemployment but also inadequate training, staffing imbalance levels, ageing infrastructure, lack of medical supplies and harsh working conditions.

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Unemployed junior doctors survive on locums as some South African clinicians, pharmaceutical personnel and nurses battle to find permanent jobs.

These medical personnel are not only facing unemployment but also inadequate training, staffing imbalance levels, ageing infrastructure, lack of medical supplies and harsh working conditions.

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