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The South African Medical Association (SAMA) has threatened to take the government to court because scores of new junior doctors cannot find placements despite staff shortages during the Covid-19 pandemic.
SAMA said it was "scandalous" that, during a third wave of infections, 228 medical interns who graduated in March and April were waiting for the government to place them at public hospitals to complete their training.
"They (the interns) were supposed to all have been placed by today," Angelique Coetzee, SAMA chairperson, told Reuters by telephone, adding that she would seek a court order if they were not.
