The Eastern Cape Health Department has announced plans of employing over 80 healthcare workers to increase staff levels at the Livingstone Hospital in Gqeberha
. Workers’ unions have had several protests, raising concerns around staff shortages in the province.
The department says it will have a transparent recruiting process and the posts include professional nurses, enrolment nurses, and assistant nurses. .
The vacancies have not yet been advertised, but the aim is for healthcare workers to report for duty on the first of July.
Department Spokesperson, Sizwe Kupelo, says: “As part of our strategy to deal with possible third wave, it has already affected other province, the recruitment will start and we are going to try shorten process so that we are not late. We get skills and resources much needed in our facilities, we have over 2 000 beds that we have created in preparation for possible third wave, resurgence of COVID-19.”
GQEBERHA - EC HEALTH DEPT SET TO EMPLOY AN ADDITIONAL 80 HEALTHCARE WORKERS AT LIVINGSTONE HOSPITAL
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