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Staffing crisis means emergencies only at PE hospitals’ theatres

shutterstock_75236719_thumb_medium110_73The Port Elizabeth Hospital Complex is to offer only emergency surgery due to a severe staff shortage. The complex includes Dora Nginza Hospital, Livingstone Hospital and the Port Elizabeth Provincial Hospital. The heads of units said in a statement this week that the crisis was due to the moratorium on the appointment of new junior and specialist doctors, while at the same time the contracts of doctors were not being renewed.

 

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