EDITORIAL | Government needs to heed nursing shortage warnings from the private sector

We still have time to avert a national crisis if we act swiftly

29 May 2023 - 20:27

Netcare CEO Richard Friedland last week sounded the alarm about a looming critical shortage of nurses, going as far as comparing it to “the Eskom crisis”...

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