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Residents close M’well clinic
MOTHERWELL residents have closed down an understaffed municipal clinic after health officials failed to deliver on promises made two years ago.
Hospitals swamped as clinics flounder
Massive staff shortages
Bay clinics in deep crisis
COMMUNITY clinics in Nelson Mandela Bay are failing the people they serve due to a lack of staff and equipment, poor facilities and under qualified staff who regularly misdiagnose patients. The city’s 50 clinics are on average 50% understaffed and have just five full-time doctors to aid the 300-odd nursing staff.
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