As a healthcare professional whose experience is rooted in the public healthcare sector of South Africa, I can sympathize with healthcare professionals who choose to leave the continent, in order to pursue their career overseas. The phenomenon of ‘brain drain’ which is the emigration of highly skilled professional, from their home country to another, has been a significant concern for many developing nations, including South Africa. According to an article by Health Policy Watch, fifteen of the world’s richest countries have over 55 000 African doctors in their healthcare systems.
Or, how the government failed the people by allowing healthcare to be an unregulated for profit market.
It is perfectly fine for commercial entities to be present there. The conversation should be on acceptable profits and transparency in costs.
Situations occur where for example a knee operation always earns the clinic the same, private clinics wil only do the simple ones and make a killing while referring complicated cases to hospitals that take a loss on the procedure.