Where are our medical schools?

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is sending a team of 43 experts to help SA. As a South African, it is embarrassing. This is a rich country with top medical schools in the world, but we have no answer to the questions the pandemic is asking.

We have 530,000 cases and 9,298 deaths. The numbers don’t lie . The WHO is worried about us. Not long ago the WHO was praising us. Where and when did we drop the ball?

We paid R400m to the Cubans to help us. It looks like the investment did not pay off. The virus is on the loose on the streets.

We have a ministerial advisory committee (MAC) which is supposed to guide the politicians but instead, certain members are pursuing their agendas, judging by their media interviews. I have said it before, they should disband the MAC and let the NICD run the show.

The MAC has outstayed its welcome and adds no value to me as a citizen. I am not going to talk about political leadership.

The death of Andrew Mlangeni, the last member of the Golden Generation, is symbolic. He died with ANC values of sacrifice, honesty, and dignity.

The young lions saw the pandemic as the opportunity to feed their stomachs. The new “Covid millionaires” are taking over the corruption baton from Nkandla.

It is the medical fraternity that has a lot to answer.

Our medical schools should ask themselves , where were they when SA needed them?

This is where the post-Covid discussion about SA should start. What kind of people should lead us? What kind of doctors do we need?

Dr Lucas Ntyintyane, e-mail