Opinion / Columnist
Health a thing of the past
10 Apr 2018 at 15:47hrs | Views
When the term human right is mentioned, our basic instinct immediately associates it with freedom.
This is relatively correct but in actuality the term human right is supposedly aimed at the government which is supposed to provide its people with proper services.
In Zimbabwe the government has failed dismally to provide its people with what have been coined basic human rights.
These basic human rights comprise of services such as health care, sanitation, education, freedom of speech and choice amongst others.
Most Zimbabweans have managed to improvise but there are other services which cannot be improvised such as health care.
The public health care system in Zimbabwe has dilapidated whereas the private health care system has thrived.
Zimbabwe is now a capitalist society which only favours the rich. Most private clinics and hospitals in Zimbabwe charge a minimum of $100 as consultation fee.
There are even others which charge basing on the time one would have spent in the consultation room.
The private health care providers have defended their prices as they base them with other regional and international prices but this is not practical as their economies are capable of sustaining such charges and their state owned health care providers have excellent services.
In retrospect the Zimbabwean government is actually the one which pegged these charges.
Most medical aid societies are being revoked by the private clinics, hospitals, specialists and pharmacies.
This has left many Zimbabweans feeling helpless and hopeless. The state owned health care providers have poor service delivery as they are in constant shortage of proper drugs and other medical facilities.
The question now is until when will people continue to be in this vulnerable state?
This is relatively correct but in actuality the term human right is supposedly aimed at the government which is supposed to provide its people with proper services.
In Zimbabwe the government has failed dismally to provide its people with what have been coined basic human rights.
These basic human rights comprise of services such as health care, sanitation, education, freedom of speech and choice amongst others.
Most Zimbabweans have managed to improvise but there are other services which cannot be improvised such as health care.
The public health care system in Zimbabwe has dilapidated whereas the private health care system has thrived.
There are even others which charge basing on the time one would have spent in the consultation room.
The private health care providers have defended their prices as they base them with other regional and international prices but this is not practical as their economies are capable of sustaining such charges and their state owned health care providers have excellent services.
In retrospect the Zimbabwean government is actually the one which pegged these charges.
Most medical aid societies are being revoked by the private clinics, hospitals, specialists and pharmacies.
This has left many Zimbabweans feeling helpless and hopeless. The state owned health care providers have poor service delivery as they are in constant shortage of proper drugs and other medical facilities.
The question now is until when will people continue to be in this vulnerable state?
Source - Daniel Itai
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