Comments on: Why Doctors feel the need to strike.

By: Vera-Alfonso

Vera-Alfonso — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:43:22 +0000

I cannot believe this will work!

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By: Global Voices Online » South Africa: Storm brewing between Government, Striking Doctors & Unions

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:16:55 +0000

[...] anonymous doctor at moralfibe writes I had mixed feelings about striking and abandoning our patients in what is seen by the general [...]

By: gretch

gretch — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:33:38 +0000

hi,i totally support the doctors in their strike for several reasons.Firstly if you have visited a public hospital and some of us has no choice ,it is horrific!!not only the hours the doctors work and the disrespectful salary they recieve but also the discomfort and the lack of the quality of health care the ordinary South African recieves,not because of the incompetance of doctors but the lack of valuable resources.If you say that they are putting peoples lives at risk you should refere to the government because the department of health has been in the slumps since manto and nothing has been done to either improve or develop it but rather what our government does is blame others when ever their inadequancies are highlighted.Doctors do have a moral obligation but so does this government who employ them!!!i am outraged at the fact that almost 95% of people in parliament are paid way more than doctors whilst they do absolutely nothing!!!doctors save lives while they come up withstupid laws and under-developed ideas ,the latest to scrap the provinces?!do we really need to pay someone to be so stupid,we could just employ my seven-year -old cousin.And when skilled people like doctors decide to leave this so very and fabulous”democratic ” country you are labelled as not being patriotic enough!To all the doctors and also the med students who should also join the srike in my opinioon for they will be the ones who will have a higher mortality rate due to the same the reasons that the strike is based on and in ten years be the ones striking.Yes,people are dying but they will continue to die if our government does not improve the public health sector..and then they come up with another brialliant plan in the election run up.. a healthcare system similar to those of america’s ,this bloody one is not even working properly!!!

By: vincenthofmann

vincenthofmann — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:41:37 +0000

One last comment, yes I do understand that doctors in the Western Cape have decided to stay on to ensure urgent medical emergencies are attended to but I think there’ll be a knock on effect regardless.

A message for the med-students; I recommend you buy one pizza from Butlers, stock up on Windhoek Draught and knuckle down for a few weeks whilst your educators toyi-toyi. It’ll be tough at first but I think you just have to grin and bare it…

By: vincenthofmann

vincenthofmann — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:29:18 +0000

Surely there must be a more, how should I say, peaceful resolution to this issue. I would argue that your mandate from the communities nearest you is to heal the sick, and to ensure your financial, administrative grievances are settled without impinging upon your ability to fulfill your obligation to south african society.

I kind of expected more from such a respectable collection of individuals, I oft think of striking as no more than an excuse to gather in crowd, communally grunt and chant, dance a little jig and then piss off home feeling like you’ve done your bit. Rarely do strikes result in progressive action being taken, they ultimately result in wage increases – but is that a resolution to the way government tackles matters health? or is that merely a transient solution to shutting doctors up?

By: DOCTORS UNITE

DOCTORS UNITE — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:13:19 +0000

SCARE TACTICS UNDERWAY:
1-INTIMIDATION LETTERS TO HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS
2-COURT INTERDICTS TO STRIKE LEADERS TO RETURN TO WORK
3-THREAT OF POLICE PRESENCE AND RUBBER BULLETS TO DISPERSE STRIKERS
*****THE STRIKE WILL CONTINUE*****
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC I URGE YOU TO JOIN US