Government has negotiated with its Indian counterparts for a team of doctors to help remedy the serous shortage faced by the majority of government hospitals, Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Motloheloa Phooko, announced in Mafeteng on January 31.

Cabinet has already approved the programme and the doctors are expected anytime, Dr Phooko said. The medical experts are to help alleviate the shortage in health personnel brought about by locals preferring South African and US positions, he said. 

Mafeteng Hospital matron Mrs. Motsoanku ‘Methane said they believed that with a few more nurses health services in the district could be improved.

“With a few more nurses, we would be able to deliver quality health services to the public,” she promised.

01 February 2006