tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post4435833833110584594..comments2024-03-09T11:08:34.910+02:00Comments on other things amanzi: mpumalamga is burningBongihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12918640034313468627noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-85873766066066471142006-12-09T08:09:00.000+02:002006-12-09T08:09:00.000+02:00then we must have briefly worked together.
i coul...then we must have briefly worked together.<br /><br />i couldn't agree with you more. the other frustrating thing is why must that government lackey even ask them where they must get the money from. they got the service, they should pay for it. canyou imagine a builder builds a house and afterwards the developer says but where am i supposed to get that money from??? anyway, the services in mpumalanga have collapsed and still they don't take action. i really get the feeling there is a concerted effort by the powers that be to actively destroy the services.<br /><br />one more thing, in mpumalanga they have budgeted for the staff they are supposed to have. bearing in mind that 86% of specialist posts are not filled, there is plenty of money available. yet they refuse to pay extra overtime to the specialist surgeons that they do have. i can't help wondering whose pocket that money eventually lines.Bongihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918640034313468627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-20407031017213402722006-12-09T07:35:00.000+02:002006-12-09T07:35:00.000+02:00I did my week of Surgery in Witbank about four or ...I did my week of Surgery in Witbank about four or five months ago (the PAH surgeon actually arrived in Witbank for the first time in the middle of our time there)and it was right when everyone was starting to go 'on strike' because of the massive backlog owed by the government to the doctors. The situation in Mpumalanga is apalling, but the worst part is that it's spreading: I finished off in neurosurgery a few weeks ago in Gauteng, and the doctors there were also complaining about how much they were owed. Between about four neurosurg regs, the government owed something like R200 000.00. At one of the meetings with the powers that be, the government representative just looked at the doctors blankly and said 'But where do you expect us to find that money?' So they also went on strike, and there were no neurosurgeons on call for a while. It's absolutely ridiculous. And instead of spending good money on qualified specialists who actually provide a decent service, the government will spend a fortune on sending hundreds of students to Cuba each year so that they can come back here and repeat every rotation five times before they finally sort-of competent. Pathetic.Karen Littlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10446187228064686202noreply@blogger.com