The state has set itself a goal that is aimed at creating more than 5000 jobs in public health from January 2019.
Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi made the announcement yesterday on behalf of the National Health Council, a statutory body he chairs, following its meeting on Thursday and Friday.
The council comprises nine health MECs and their heads of department, the deputy minister of health and the surgeon-general of the SA Military Health Services, among others. The move is part of the implementation of the presidential health summit recommendations in response to the health crisis.
“This announcement, which will result in the filling of more than 5300 posts in provincial health departments from the beginning of next month, in addition to being a product of the [President Cyril Ramaphosa’s] stimulus package is also the implementation of the recommendations of the presidential health summit,” said Motsoaledi.
“We are alive to the fact that the health system still needs more personnel, but this is what we could afford.
“We are working on improvements that must be effected in the next coming financial years, starting with the 2019/20 financial year.”
The jobs will include registrars, pharmacists, pharmacy assistants, radiographers, specialists, psychologists, physiotherapists and other allied health professionals.
This resolution comes after concerns were raised earlier this year about the public health-care system being on the edge of collapse due to the severe shortage of medical staff and hospital beds.
The minister added: “The shortages in these three areas are very acute, especially the human resources part, which declined over the past three years due to severe budget constraints as a result of the poor state of the economy.
“Understaffing, especially in the provinces, has been cited as one of the major contributing factors that have negatively affected the provision of health care.”
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