Department puts facts straight on placement of medical interns and
community service graduates
Pretoria: The Department of Health has noted an inaccurate article with misleading
headline by News24 about the placement of medical interns and community service
doctors.
The department, working with provincial departments of health, has ensured
that all health professionals that are essential to deliver health services are all
allocated in positions as of 12 December 2023 for 2024 intake.
The shortfalls in other areas of need, excluding medical interns and most categories
of community service are being addressed as a matter of urgency. These include 8
Dentist posts, 8 Dietitian posts, 38 Physiotherapist posts, and 118 Environmental
Health Practitioners.
The department would like to assure all unplaced graduates who meet the minimum
requirements that all efforts are being made to have them allocated posts, and they
will be kept abreast of the developments.
