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Monday, July 05, 2004
Hours crisis at Red Cross hospital
The Cape Times reports on a staffing crisis at the Red Cross children's hospital in Capetown, South Africa, after 9 out of 14 senior house officer posts failed to be filled. The hospital will have to close its emergency unit at midnight on some nights, and consultants and registrars will have to carry out SHO duties.
The lack of SHOs is being attributed to long hours, doctors choosing to work overseas, and the long process involved in recruiting foreign doctors. An unnamed doctor commented: "It's not that doctors don't want to work here. This used to be one of the best training hospitals in the world. But the hours ... have become more and more."
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The lack of SHOs is being attributed to long hours, doctors choosing to work overseas, and the long process involved in recruiting foreign doctors. An unnamed doctor commented: "It's not that doctors don't want to work here. This used to be one of the best training hospitals in the world. But the hours ... have become more and more."
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