Govt working on linking all hospitals through ICT- Minister Mandiwanzira

Minister of Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services Supa Mandiwanzira has said the government is working on the
modalities to have all hospitals linked to each other through ICT.

Speaking in parliament Mandiwanzira said  in terms of the provision of technology to allow for tele-medicine, Zimbabwe is working on various
initiatives through the Ministry of ICT with the support of the International Telecommunication Union which has provided a grant to link
various provincial hospitals to each other.

"There is also a private initiative that was started by a doctor in Nyanga, who is the District Medial Officer for Nyanga, Doctor Jokwiro, who has
connected various clinics to the district hospital in order to do consultations with people from the various clinics in the various wards," he said.  "From a technological point of view, there are various technologies that are being looked at by the Ministry and of course, the Ministry of Health and Child Care is equally very keen to ensure that the technology is available in order for it to deploy health services."

The minister said the policy is that they must promote it and they are looking at various technologies to promote it.