Minister promises to improve healthcare July 5 2012 at 06:25pm


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Johannesburg – Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi announced measures to beef up state health services at a conference in Johannesburg on Thursday.

These included sending more students for training to Cuba, building new hospitals, refurbishing nursing colleges and appointing a health ombudsman.

From September this year, 1000 matriculants will be sent to Cuba to train as medical doctors, up from the current 60 students per year.

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