SA's nurses: Poorly trained, in poor health, and living in fear
CATEGORY: Media and COVID-19
DATE: 12 August 2020
AUTHOR: Medical brief
DATE: 12 August 2020
AUTHOR: Medical brief
Most of South Africa‘s nurses lack confidence in their training, more than 40% have poor health, and a quarter are experiencing severe psychological distress, reports a health care workers study led by the Human Sciences Research Council.
City Press reports that the country’s health care workers, particularly nurses, are also living in fear of contracting a deadly virus and then passing it on to their families.
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