Botswana’s health crisis: Patients waiting for up to 2 years for specialist treatment

Sunday Standard Botswana

Botswana’s health crisis: Patients waiting for up to 2 years for specialist treatment

Sunday Standard Botswana’s health crisis: Patients waiting for up to 2 years for specialist treatment The Ministry of Health has confirmed if faces challenges in meeting targets due to acute shortage of specialists, leading to increased waiting periods for patients nationally. Patients can wait for up to years before seeing a specialist.  The waiting periods vary significantly, ranging from one and a half months for Family Physicians to nearly …