Facility Managers
The challenge
No doctors = no treatment
Over the past few decades, the southern African healthcare system has suffered from chronic brain drain. In South Africa, as much as 35% of all health professional posts are presently vacant. While our country continues to train up doctors, nurses, specialists and other professionals, the prevailing trend has been a mass emigration to affluent countries, coupled with a preference for the private sector amongst those that remain.
This, in turn, creates a situation where facilities are overcrowded, patients underserved, and the few staff that are in service are so overworked that a vicious circle is created – the jobs become perceived as not very nice places to be.
The only way to break this cycle is through intelligent staffing solutions – filling the existing gaps, but also addressing the issues that lead people to turn away from a career in public service. Africa Health Placements is able to help with both of these issues.
