𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.
𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟬𝟳 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱.
DURBAN – The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) in KwaZulu-Natal is extremely concerned with the chronic shortage of staff, medication, and non-filling of posts in the province, as the impact of these on healthcare services is increasingly negative.
A new phenomenon in the provincial Department of Health is that senior managers and nurses who are resigning or retiring are not replaced, leaving huge vacancies in the healthcare system. Such vacant posts are not advertised either.
This is because of the continuing cost-cutting measures that the provincial government is applying, which leaves many healthcare facilities without managers.
A number of hospitals without CEOs are increasing at an alarming rate, while clinics without managers are equally on the rise too.
Furthermore, security service personnel have not been paid in over two months now at the time when healthcare workers on outreach work get attacked frequently in districts such as Harry Gwala.
The shortage of medication for critical treatment like mental health and Antiretroviral therapy are a huge cause for concern as many facilities are running short of clopixol (for mental healthcare users), ARVs like ABC 300MG and 3TC 150MG, as well as pregnancy tests which are running empty on the shelves.
With these shortage of these, the nursing personnel is taking the blame from the angry community members as communities are not well-informed about areas which are not the responsibility of nurses, like procurement of medication and equipment.
DENOSA urges the provincial government to intervene in these critical areas, which are affecting the staff morale and cause dissatisfaction from the patient communities.
𝗘𝗻𝗱.
𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗢𝗦𝗔 𝗶𝗻 𝗞𝘄𝗮𝗭𝘂𝗹𝘂-𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹.
𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁:
𝗠𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗶 𝗦𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗮, 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆.
𝗠𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗲: 𝟬𝟳𝟮 𝟱𝟱𝟯 𝟭𝟲𝟯𝟲.
𝗦𝗶𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗼 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲, 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻.
𝗠𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗲: 𝟬𝟳𝟮 𝟱𝟱𝟰 𝟵𝟵𝟴𝟴.