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LISTEN | Voices from the front line in the war against Covid-19

14 July 2020 - 12:41 By Paul Ash
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SA doctors are being strained to the limits as the country reaches its peak of Covid-19 cases. Stock image.
SA doctors are being strained to the limits as the country reaches its peak of Covid-19 cases. Stock image.
Image: 123RF/Kurhan

As the coronavirus pandemic gathers pace in SA, pressure on the country's doctors has become intense.

Boitumelo Makaulule, who works in a government hospital, and Suhayl Essa, who does shifts in private clinics, shared their stories with Sunday Times reporter Paul Ash.

Listen to what they had to say: 

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