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South Africa: Exploited and Exhausted, South Africa's Ghost Doctors Start to Rattle Their Chains

Published by AllAfrica 9 September 2026 at 12:20
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South Africa: Exploited and Exhausted, South Africa's Ghost Doctors Start to Rattle Their Chains
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[spotlight] For years, hospitals have relied on the unpaid, unprotected labour of trainee-specialists to fill their rosters, but these doctors are reaching a breaking point.

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