(a) There are currently 56 Doctors and 774 nurses employed at Tshilidzini Hospital in Limpopo.
(b) It will be misleading to determine the number of vacancies for Doctors and Nurses based on the present organogram because it is completely faulty. The Province is in the process of determining a correct one and will give details in due course.
(c) Nurses who upgraded:
- 2014: Assistant nurse to enrolled nurse = 3
Enrolled nurse to professional nurse = 10
Post basic (advanced) = 2
Total = 15
- 2015: Assistant nurse to enrolled nurse = 6
enrolled nurse to professional nurse = 12
Post basic (advanced) = 5
Total=23
Post basic over the 2 year broken down by speciality
Trauma = 2
Psychiatry = 2
Paediatrics = 1
Orthopaedics = 1
ICU = 1
Total = 7
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