{"id":232767,"date":"2021-07-23T18:01:25","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T17:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/?p=232767"},"modified":"2021-12-27T12:07:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T11:07:37","slug":"durban-gen-cast-and-what-they-are-up-to-in-real-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/durban-gen-cast-and-what-they-are-up-to-in-real-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Durban Gen Cast and What They Are Up to in Real Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

Original e.tv production Durban Gen is a medical drama that had many people waiting with baited breaths when it was announced in August of 2020. For many South Africans who were big fans of the likes of Scrubs, Grey’s anatomy, and such, the idea of a series that will portray the true state of the South African medical system was very appealing. The opportunity to see what the everyday life of South African doctors, nurses, and other medical practitioners is like was very much welcome. To their credit, the Durban Gen cast brought the stories and roles they were given to life in the very best way possible.<\/p>\n

More so, producers of the show received credit for creating the series when medical practitioners were at the forefront of a global pandemic. The world at large needed a good distraction from the massive loss brought by the increasing spread of the covid-19 virus. In many ways, the premise of the show showed that medical practitioners, despite how much we look up to them in medical situations, are just as human as the rest of us and face nearly the same issues we face daily with love, family, and the need to succeed generally.<\/p>\n

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The story in Durban Gen revolves around the life of young and beautiful Dr. Mbali Mthethwa, who just graduated medical school and is newly qualified to practice but who first has to go through a mandatory one year of community service at the Durban General Hospital. This prompts her to make a big move from her hometown to the city of Durban, where her life takes many turns at different times that saw her experience growth in her personal life and career while also enduring pain and fear like she has not experienced before. The move also meant she had to leave her fiance.<\/p>\n

While she was still a newbie lacking proper experience in the field, Dr. Mbali’s fledgling career as a doctor took a massive hit when she scrubbed in on a delicate surgery that resulted in the death of a member of the Durban executive council. Being a public political figure, the MEC’s death resulted in investigations into hospital ethics and the doctors involved in the surgery. This puts the young doctor’s career in a precarious position and threatens the hospital’s reputation and good name. It also implicated her superior, Dr. Zulu.<\/p>\n

The show further explores Dr. Mbali’s love life struggles as she cannot seem to decide whether to stick to her businessman fiance or to follow her heart and be with a senior doctor she fell in love with at the hospital. As the story unwinds, it deeply delves into the work and personal lives of other doctors, nurses, matrons, and general staff of the hospital with who young Dr. Mbali works.<\/p>\n

Here’s What Durban Gen Cast Members Are Up to<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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