SA’s military is losing doctors to the national [b]Department of Health[/b], the private sector and to other countries at an alarming rate. [s]City Press[/s] reports that this is according to [b]Defence Minister[/b] Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, who, tabling her budget vote in Parliament, revealed she had tasked a team led by [b]University of KwaZulu-Natal vice-chancellor[/b] Malegapuru Makgoba to investigate why the military has over the past two years lost about 65 doctors. She said Makgoba and his team had reported back, pointing out to a number of challenges including issues of pay and overtime and the conditions under which military doctors work. Surgeon-general Zola Dabula said they were facing stiff competition from all sectors for medical skills and the military health service was suffering as a result.
[link url=http://www.citypress.co.za/politics/military-battling-keep-doctors]Full City Press report[/link]