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PE hospital turmoil: CEO leaves, nurses snore in patient beds
Abstract
Longstanding critical staff shortages in the maternity unit at Port Elizabeth’s Dora Nginza Hospital came to a head in mid-February with a 3-day nurses strike, the enforced departure of the CEO and nearly burnt-out doctors being prevented from doing ward rounds by strikers.
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Chris Bateman, Health and Medical Publishing Group, South Africa
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Date published: 2016-03-17
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