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SA faces nursing crisis
The Citizen
2000-09-07

An estimated 300 nurses are leaving South Africa every month - a situation that could plunge the country into a serious healthcare crisis.

An estimated 300 nurses are leaving South Africa every month - a situation that could plunge the country into a serious healthcare crisis. 

The nurses are leaving for better pay and working conditions overseas, and the number of new recruits to the profession is dwindling. There is already a shortage of skilled healthcare workers, particularly in the specialist categories of intensive and neo-natal care, as well as in the country's operating theatres. 

This trend emerged on 4/9 at the start of a three-day Nursing 2000 conference in Midrand, organised by The Forum for Nurse Leaders, a private sector healthcare organisation. 

The first requirement to entice nurses back to South Africa is improved remuneration. A South African nurse can earn roughly double her salary for doing the same job in another country.  In addition, young women who make tip the majority of young recruits - are not considering nursing as a career in the same way they did 10 years ago. The HIV epidemic is also expected to take its toll on the nursing profession, with an estimated one in five nurses beoing HIV positive. 
(Source: The Citizen, 5/9/00)

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