One rural doctor recruitment NGO reported 1 350 queries from 'designated' developing countries, adding, 'I want to cry when I see their excellent CVs'. Unless there is a policy shift, the 'unintended consequences' will be dramatic.

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The national health department's human resources chief, Dr Percy Mahlati, confirmed that the State's plan to handle the looming crisis involved 'negotiations' with an unspecified number of unnamed foreign countriesto provide more doctors (Izindaba later identified Tunisia, Poland and possibly Russia).Mahlati said catering for the 'capacity bump' would also involve 'tapping into the private sector by using (local) GPs, asking community service doctors (comserves) to stay on and all that'.