Pretoria - Services at hospitals and clinics across the country have resumed with nurses on Tuesday returning to work following the suspension of the public service strike.
Health Department spokesperson Fidel Hadebe said nurses in the provinces reported for duty for their morning shifts. There have been no reports of violence or intimidation so far.
"Everything is going well and patients are also coming in and being helped, the focus will now be on the nightshift workers. Everything should be fully stabilized tomorrow," Hadebe told BuaNews.
The department has yet to discuss the withdrawal of the South African Military Health Services teams deployed at various hospitals to provide medical relief and security.
Unions involved in the public sector strike action agreed on Monday that public servants would return to work while consultation on government's last wage offer was being finalised.
Government has offered a 7.5 percent salary increment and a R800 monthly housing allowance. Unions have demanded an 8.6 percent increase and a R1000 housing allowance.
