At Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital in Soweto – Africa’s largest healthcare facility with around 3 400 beds and 6 760 staff – newly graduated doctor, Leago Sebesho, is learning on her feet, during gruelling shifts that sometimes last up to 28 hours.
From an early age, Sebesho wanted to become a doctor like her mother, who is a medical officer in family medicine. She says a medical officer is like a ‘GP’ who works in the public sector.