CUBA NEWS
November 11, 2003

Termination of Cuban doctors' contracts could close Cradock Hospital 5j7024

Luvuyo Mjekula. Grahamstown. East Cape News. November 11, 2003. AllAfrica.com.

Residents of Cradock in the Eastern Cape yesterday marched to the Cradock hospital demanding the Eastern Cape department of health reverse its decision to terminate the contracts of two Cuban doctors who have applied for South African citizenship.

Spokesperson for the residents Vusumzi Jam-jam said they had become concerned after they heard that the two Cuban doctors were to lose their jobs.

Jam-jam said the residents approached the hospital management who confirmed that the doctors might be fired leading to the possible closure of the hospital.

Jam-jam said: "When we heard that not only might we lose two dedicated doctors but the hospital as well we decided to mobilise people because we can't afford to pay private doctors." The residents handed a list of grievances to hospital manager Vuyisile Silwana who said he would theM on to the provincial department.

The two doctors Andres Delvalle and Roverto Gonzalez-Hernandez confirmed that they had received letters on October 26 informing them that their contracts would be terminated on November 30.

However, they said they were informed a week later that the decision to terminate their contract had been withdrawn pending evaluation.

Dr Delvalle said there was nothing in their contracts stating they could not apply for South African citizenship.

Eastern Cape health department spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo said the department was not against the doctors applying for citizenship. However, he said they needed to follow the correct procedures. "They need to go back to Cuba and reapply for citizenship," he said.

He denied the hospital would close down if the two doctors were deported to Cuba.



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