‘I put my life on the line for SA’: medical interns from African countries hit a brick wall
Foreign graduates studied medicine in SA and now can’t get placed for an internship after home affairs’ removal of doctors from the critical skills list
25 July 2022 - 20:15
“I was on the frontline in an ICU during Covid, putting my life on the line for this country. I am trained to serve patients of this country — only now to find I cannot get placed and do what I am trained to do.”..
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