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Original Post Date: 2009-05-19 Time: 16:00:04 Posted By: Jan
[Take a close look at this news report. One third of our doctors have left, and another 10% will be leaving. Look at the percentage which left last year. If you look at their figures, 5% of our doctors left in 2008.
Take note of the cash-strapped doctors because their customers can’t pay. I have never experienced worse Medical Aid support as I have experienced this year when my mother went for an operation.
I heard the other day from a well-connected friend, that two-thirds of all homeloans in South Africa are at least one month in arrears.
The hardship is biting. But rest assured, the ANC Govt has played a massive role in the destruction of our medical industry in this country. I shudder to think how people who are dependent on medical services will survive. Jan]
Doctors in the private sector are experiencing cash flow problems, a medical information technology company said on Tuesday.
“We came across really disturbing data that, as an example, showed that some doctors can’t even afford to replace old computer equipment because they have difficulties with cash flow,” said Luis da Silva, managing director of Healthbridge.
Healthbridge is an information technology company that ensures the fast payment of medical bills.
Da Silva said 10 percent of his clients, all of them doctors, had emigrated since October last year.
Healthbridge serves just over half of all medical practitioners in South Africa, Da Silva said in a statement.
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“[Doctors are] starting to battle with cash flow as indebted consumers abandon medical aids, ‘buy-down’ to cheaper plans or battle to pay bills when medical cover runs out,” he said.
Newly qualified doctors need 12 years to pay off tuition fees at current interest rates, Da Silva added.
“There is dissatisfaction about their earnings among many doctors and even private sector doctors… battle with high workloads and increasing bad debt.”
He said about a third of registered South African doctors already practised overseas.
“The loss of these doctors puts strains not only on health care but on universities.”
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi acknowledged on Monday doctors and other health care professionals were underpaid.
“It is not up for debate, their remuneration does not satisfy us,” he told the media at his first press conference since his appointment. – Sapa
Source: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=nw20090519090248537C667414