19, has brought South Africa's understaffed public hospitals to breaking point.

So it's not surprising that newly qualified doctor Michelle's surf on Tine thought it would be easy to find a job.

She was wrong.

10 job applications have all been rejected.

Nine didn't even give her an interview.

You see it all over social media and on the news, saying that doctors are under a huge strain currently, that they currently burdened with the over workload that they experiencing.

17 is one of scores of junior doctors who have been unable to find placements despite staff shortages in the midst of an outbreak that has killed more than 40,000 people, by far the highest toll in Africa.

Sopida's Lally is interim chair of the Junior Doctors Association.

Before the epidemic, there was a shortage of off doctors or healthcare workers in general, and now the pandemic has even made it with throughout the pandemic.

South African doctors and nurses have complained of understaffing on being made toe work, punishingly long shifts according to Hire our medical heroes, a campaign pressuring the South African government to take on more medical staff.

Nearly 200 doctors, 325 nurses and 200 other health care workers are unemployed, so having more hands on board would obviously be of a benefit to the hospital and therefore having more staff would also decrease patient waiting time and therefore increased patient care.

A Department of Health spokesperson did not respond to repeated requests for comment, but budget constraints may explain the anomaly.

Alex van den Heever, an expert in the administration of public health at the University of It voters, were and says the government is trying to rein in its national wage bill, adding that there's not enough flexibility in the budget to temporarily higher doctors to deal with the pandemic.

Yeah.