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The South African Medical Association Trade Union (Samatu) marched to the Provincial Legislature today, Friday, January 17, to highlight the issues of all the unemployed doctors and the deteriorating healthcare system in the province.

Some of Samatu’s demands include that all duly qualified and registered medical practitioners currently without employment should be appointed to public healthcare institutions within two weeks from today, that the 389 contract workers whose contracts are due to expire on March 31 be re-employed and that all bursary holders in all health categories of healthcare workers be absorbed.

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Dr Nhlanhla Valerio read the union’s memorandum of demands before they handed it over.

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The South African Medical Association Trade Union (Samatu) marched to the Provincial Legislature today, Friday, January 17, to highlight the issues of all the unemployed doctors and the deteriorating healthcare system in the province. Some of Samatu’s demands include that all duly qualified and registered medical practitioners currently without employment should be appointed to public healthcare institutions within two weeks from today, that the 389 contract workers whose contracts are due to expire on March 31 be re-employed and that all bursary holders in all health categories of healthcare workers be absorbed. Dr Nhlanhla Valerio read the union’s memorandum of demands before they handed it over. “We are gathered here today to express our anger and frustrations as healthcare workers in Mpumalanga, united against the worst and horrible conditions of the healthcare system.” Samatu said it expects a written response by Monday, January 27. The provincial MEC for co-operative governance, human settlements and traditional affairs, Speed Mashilo, as the acting premier, and the MEC for health, Sasekani Manzini, received the memorandum. #healthy #strike #protest #mpumalangatiktoker Video: Bridget Mpande

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“We are gathered here today to express our anger and frustrations as healthcare workers in Mpumalanga, united against the worst and horrible conditions of the healthcare system.”

Samatu said it expects a written response by Monday, January 27. The provincial MEC for co-operative governance, human settlements and traditional affairs, Speed Mashilo, as the acting premier, and the MEC for health, Sasekani Manzini, received the memorandum.

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