provincial health care system of which eleven thousand eight hundred and twenty nine are for critical staff members such as doctors and pharmacists the system is on the verge of collapse and there seems to be no immediate solution in sight surely twenty five doctors for every one hundred thousand people is clearly unworkable and the kwazulu natal health care system is in a de facto state of crisis the ifp urges the minister to prioritise this matter as the lives of our ailing citizens are placed at a greater risk without an adequately functioning medical system i_letter thank you