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Plea for retired nurses to come back
The Department of Health has launched a campaign to attract retired nurses back to the profession amid a plea from Gauteng's MEC for Health Ntombi Mekgwe who appealed to 200 women from the Retired Nurses Forum to return to the sector, reports Times Live.
In the Times Live report she is quoted as saying that the shortage of nurses is a national problem. The 2010 SA Health Review reports that there is a 15% vacancy rate in the Gauteng health department. This compares with a 68% vacancy rate in Limpopo. There are 1 209 vacancies in Gauteng nursing sector.
Read more:
- Times Live: Hospitals 'crying out' for retired nurses
- SA Health Review: http://www.hst.org.za/publications/876
