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Chaos as bulawayo hospital closes departments...discharges patients
03 Dec 2018 at 13:17hrs | Views
The United Bulawayo hospitals has closed the Outpatients department due to the ongoing strike by the doctors.
In a letter addressed to heads of departments the hospital said, "Please be advised that there is an ongoing industrial action by the JRMOs/SRMOs at all the central hospitals since 02 December 2018.
Management recommends:
• Closure of the Outpatient department till further notice
• Discharging all stable patients who are considered as safe on treatment as out-patients
• Casualty officers to admit patients to respective disciplines in liaison with teams on call.
• Continue with emergency operations only
In a letter addressed to heads of departments the hospital said, "Please be advised that there is an ongoing industrial action by the JRMOs/SRMOs at all the central hospitals since 02 December 2018.
Management recommends:
• Closure of the Outpatient department till further notice
• Discharging all stable patients who are considered as safe on treatment as out-patients
• Casualty officers to admit patients to respective disciplines in liaison with teams on call.
• Continue with emergency operations only
Source - Byo24News
