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Owing to South Africa’s serious unemployment problem, there may be enough people who have the required abilities to work in hospitals and would very much like to be trained for it, the problem lies with training capacity.
“Mediclinic has invested much in training over the years, and we currently have six nursing training facilities where 600 to 1 000 nurses are undergoing some form of formal nursing training at any given time. In addition, importing nurses from India is also helping to augment the shortage of nurses. But more training is needed,” says Danie Meintjes, CEO of Mediclinic International.
“If the State and the private sector could join hands, the nursing shortage can definitely be eradicated. If the mutual commitment could be established and the necessary resources made available, it would just be a matter of time.”
As far as other medical and healthcare services are concerned, there certainly is a manpower shortage, but it’s not so acute that operations have to be cancelled or beds have to remain empty.
Though training takes place on a smaller scale in Dubai, knowledge and capacity have been transferred there so that other organisations can benefit as well. But this area has no skills shortage, since it’s a sought-after destination for professionals. That also contributed to Mediclinic’s staff turnover falling by a third there.
Similarly, in Switzerland, where the workforce is also extremely diverse - 33% of Mediclinic’s staff there are foreigners - and they do not have an acute shortage or oversupply of staff.
But despite the diverse staff manning Mediclinic’s three platforms, patients’ needs must be met at all times, and their experience at Mediclinic hospitals anywhere in the world must be precise, purposeful and deliberate.
“Mediclinic has invested much in training over the years, and we currently have six nursing training facilities where 600 to 1 000 nurses are undergoing some form of formal nursing training at any given time. In addition, importing nurses from India is also helping to augment the shortage of nurses. But more training is needed,” says Danie Meintjes, CEO of Mediclinic International.
“If the State and the private sector could join hands, the nursing shortage can definitely be eradicated. If the mutual commitment could be established and the necessary resources made available, it would just be a matter of time.”
As far as other medical and healthcare services are concerned, there certainly is a manpower shortage, but it’s not so acute that operations have to be cancelled or beds have to remain empty.
Though training takes place on a smaller scale in Dubai, knowledge and capacity have been transferred there so that other organisations can benefit as well. But this area has no skills shortage, since it’s a sought-after destination for professionals. That also contributed to Mediclinic’s staff turnover falling by a third there.
Similarly, in Switzerland, where the workforce is also extremely diverse - 33% of Mediclinic’s staff there are foreigners - and they do not have an acute shortage or oversupply of staff.
But despite the diverse staff manning Mediclinic’s three platforms, patients’ needs must be met at all times, and their experience at Mediclinic hospitals anywhere in the world must be precise, purposeful and deliberate.
