Question NW1341 to the Minister of Health
05 November 2018 - NW1341
Kopane, Ms SP to ask the Minister of Health
Since the induction of the Cuban doctor training programme, what (a) amount has each province spent on the training of doctors in the specified programme in each financial year, (b) number of students (i) have been sent for training in each financial year, (ii) have completed the training programme, (iii) have returned to South Africa to complete their studies and (iv) have completed their studies and (c) number of the specified students are currently practising as doctors in the country?
Reply:
(a) The total amount spent since inception is R3,524,271,735.00
(b) (i) The following tables reflect the details in this regard
Table 1: National Profile of Recruitment of students from 1997 – 2011
|
Province |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
Total |
|
EC |
0 |
9 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
11 |
10 |
15 |
25 |
0 |
23 |
10 |
0 |
10 |
12 |
135 |
|
FS |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
GP |
0 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
40 |
|
KZN |
0 |
21 |
21 |
21 |
25 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
10 |
15 |
14 |
12 |
169 |
|
LP |
0 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
23 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
35 |
35 |
20 |
10 |
23 |
16 |
10 |
193 |
|
MP |
9 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
10 |
11 |
15 |
12 |
99 |
|
NC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
10 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
10 |
12 |
64 |
|
NW |
0 |
10 |
18 |
22 |
21 |
0 |
2- |
15 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
26 |
15 |
12 |
151 |
|
Total |
9 |
67 |
60 |
63 |
71 |
41 |
22 |
40 |
75 |
35 |
78 |
60 |
75 |
80 |
80 |
856 |
Table 1: National Profile of Students recruited between 2012-2016
|
Province |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
Total |
|
EC |
93 |
105 |
93 |
10 |
0 |
301 |
|
FS |
181 |
20 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
211 |
|
GP |
94 |
116 |
138 |
112 |
1 |
461 |
|
KZN |
346 |
304 |
96 |
24 |
0 |
770 |
|
LP |
40 |
108 |
110 |
110 |
0 |
368 |
|
Mpu |
91 |
10 |
10 |
100 |
10 |
131 |
|
NC |
38 |
44 |
27 |
30 |
0 |
139 |
|
NW |
93 |
176 |
127 |
35 |
0 |
431 |
|
Total |
976 |
883 |
611 |
421 |
11 |
2,902 |
(ii) 657 are qualified medical doctors
(iii) 800 (88 returned from Cuba in July 2017 and are doing final clinical training) and 712 returned from Cuba in July 2018 and doing six months’ orientation programme) are back in South Africa for integration and final clinical training in South African Health and Medical Education Systems
(iv) 657
(c) 657.
END.