# Nehawu has called on the national Department of Health to intervene in the provincial health department crisis as they are at risk of losing hundreds of doctors and nurses. The looming crisis has been attributed to financial troubles. Nehawu Eastern Cape secretary, Mlungiseleli Ncapayi, says 634 nurses and doctors, as well as 128 other health workers, are affected. He says one of the problems is that there is no work for bursary holders but because of contractual obligations they are unable to work in other provinces.