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Rolling power cuts cripple maternal healthcare services in Harare clinics
Harare's municipal clinics are struggling to provide essential maternal healthcare services due to crippling power cuts, an investigation by NewsDay has revealed. The blackouts, which often last more ...Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 07:43hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
Girls as young as 10-years-old are having babies in SA
Shocking statistics revealed recently that over 4,000 girls in the Eastern Cape have given birth in the past four months.The Eastern Department of Health (DOH) said 97 of these girls were aged...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 21:06hrs | 707 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe plans to shorten the training period for midwives
The government plans to shorten the training period for midwives from two years to 18 months to address the shortage of skilled health personnel, especially in rural areas. Health and Child Care Minis...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 08:12hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
Jury finds 34-year-old Zimbabwe mother died by medical misadventure at Ireland hospital
A woman who had just given birth at University Hospital Kerry (UHK) died by medical misadventure and her death was probably preventable, an inquest has found.34-year-old Tatenda Faith Mukwata ...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 10:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
UK's HSE apologises after death of Zimbabwe-born woman
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued an apology to the family of Tatenda Mukwata, a 35-year-old woman who died after giving birth at University Hospital Kerry (UHK) last year. Tatenda Mukw...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 20:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pregnant immigrants turned away from Joburg clinics
Priscilla Tumira from Zimbabwe thinks she is eight months pregnant, but she has not had any prenatal health care. Without valid documents, Tumira says, staff at Jeppe and Hillbrow Clinics in Johannesb...Published: 10 May 2023 at 06:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MPs raise dust over students maternity leave
HIGHER and Tertiary Education ministry secretary Fanuel Tagwira was yesterday grilled by legislators for failing to provide adequate maternity leave to student in tertiary institutions.Tagwira...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Girl (8) gives birth
The 8-year-old Bindura girl who fell pregnant after being raped gave birth to a baby girl yesterday at Bindura provincial hospital. Ac...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 14:06hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Stanbic posts impressive results for year end 2021
Leading financial services institution, Stanbic Bank has shrugged off the adverse effects of the COVID-19-induced lockdowns to post an inflation adjusted ...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 08:12hrs | 2 | by Agencies
Zimbabweans in SA claim being denied health care
HUMAN rights organisations are concerned about policy changes affecting immigrants since the Gauteng health department gazetted them in June last year and issued a circular in May 2020.Accordi...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 18:07hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Stanbic Bank's donation pays off as number of births shoots up by 100 % at Sally Mugabe Maternity Hospital
The number of caesarean operations at Sally Mugabe Central Hospital Maternity wing has shot up by 100 percent following the renovation and re-equipping of theatre 1 by financial services institution, ...Published: 31 May 2021 at 14:01hrs | | by Agencies
Malian woman gives birth to 9 babies
A MALIAN woman gave birth to nine babies on Tuesday – two more than doctors had detected inside her crowded womb - joining a small pantheon of mothers of nonuplets.The pregnancy of Halima Ci...Published: 05 May 2021 at 15:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife gets lofty continental post
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa was recently voted vice president of the Organisation of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD) in recognition of her philanthropic work and assistance to the less...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Patients stranded at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo
OVER 300 patients who require surgery risk developing life threatening complications following breakdown of anaesthetic machines at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo. The referral hospital wh...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo exempts hospitals from water rationing
BULAWAYO City Council has exempted hospitals from the 36-hour water rationing programme introduced this month following a sharp drop in water supplies.The city fathers embarked on the massive ...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 08:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
More boys born on Christmas Day
At least 72 babies were born on Christmas Day in four of country's major hospitals. Chitungwiza and Mpilo central hospitals recorded the highest number of 20 babies each, followed by Harare Cent...Published: 27 Dec 2018 at 08:44hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe's health time bomb
ZIMBABWE'S hospitals lack basic equipment such as thermometers and painkillers while the working conditions for nurses are deteriorating, Parliament heard on Friday.The rot in the health secto...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Baby swap saga deepens as hospital gives nod to DNA tests
VICTORIA Falls District Hospital has given a family accusing its staff of swapping its newly-born baby with a dead infant to cover up for their negligence the greenlight to have an independent DNA tes...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Install CCTVs in hospitals'
The Government should consider installing Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) in major health institutions to ensure patients receive appropriate and quality health services, a local non-governmental hea...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mystery baby death: Nurses demand DNA tests
NURSES involved in the Victoria Falls Hospital mysterious baby death have called for DNA tests to be urgently conducted as they deny the baby swopping allegations raised against them by the infant's p...Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 12:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vic Falls Hospital to investigate mysterious infant death
VICTORIA Falls Hospital says it has resolved to hire a private investigator to probe the alleged mysterious death of a two-day-old baby at the institution a fortnight ago.Hwange district healt...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Scores of patients stranded as theatres undergo renovation
SCORES of patients in need of minor surgeries in the southern region have been left stranded as theatres in the two referral hospitals in Bulawayo have not been operational. The southern regio...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 06:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo woman has miracle baby
A 36-YEAR-OLD woman naturally delivered a five kilogramme baby at Kings Poly Clinic in Bulawayo on Saturday morning. Medical practitioners have said the average weight of a "big" newborn child...Published: 25 Aug 2018 at 08:46hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Patient dies after drunk doctor performs caesarean operation
A Gutu Mission Hospital medical doctor, Henry Harry Mushuku, who performed a Caesarean operation while drunk resulting in the death of Locardia Mbinda last year, has been ordered to go to rehab....Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 19:40hrs | 5 | by TellZim
Zuma's 24 year old lover gave birth to baby boy on JZ's birthday
A 24-year-old woman purported to be Jacob Zuma's bride-to-be delivered a baby boy in the Busamed Hillcrest Private Hospital on Thursday April 12, the same day the former president turned 76.Do...Published: 21 Apr 2018 at 11:58hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
New-born baby thief convicted
Chipinge Magistrates Court have convicted 21 year old Joyce Maputire for stealing a baby boy from Chipinge District Hospital last Friday.Maputire who resides in Chimanimani visited the hospita...Published: 08 Mar 2018 at 14:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Disunity, confusion, cluelessness and power hunger = 3 coalitions
One would say we want change and yes it is time to bring the necessary change we have been yearning for the past decades under one man rule yet in the face of that opportunity we become even more divi...Published: 06 Nov 2017 at 10:18hrs | | by Dr. Takesure Tazvishaya
Zimbabwe's babies are warning us about state capture
Last week the Mugabes made headlines again. It was reported that President Robert Mugabe took 72 people with him to New York and while he was falling asleep at the UN, they spent a staggering $1500 pe...Published: 27 Sep 2017 at 09:31hrs | | by Melanie Verwoerd
Tendai Ndoro abandons family
TAKEN from a stereotypical script of sportsmen who abandon their home responsibilities while living lavish lifestyles of fast cars, designer wear and social media celebrity status, Zimbabwe internatio...Published: 22 Sep 2017 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man kills pregnant wife
A BULAWAYO kombi tout who fatally assaulted his "cheating" pregnant wife following a domestic feud over the paternity of their unborn child, was yesterday sentence to 25 years in jail.The woma...Published: 05 Aug 2017 at 09:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pathologist nails wife 'killer'
A PATHOLOGIST who examined the remains of a Bulawayo woman who died after giving birth concluded that the cause of death was due to widespread bacterial infection emanating from the wounds inflicted d...Published: 29 Jul 2017 at 10:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
I only slapped her, says pregnant wife 'killer'
A BULAWAYO man assaulted his "cheating" pregnant wife resulting in her death soon after giving birth following a domestic feud over the paternity of their unborn child.The woman, who was 39 we...Published: 28 Jul 2017 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cimas CEO urges journalists to dig deeper in their news reports
Cimas Medical Aid Society chief executive Vulindlela Ndlovu has urged journalists to conduct in depth investigative journalism rather than come up with inadequately researched reports that may end up ...Published: 06 Jun 2017 at 17:36hrs | | by Mike Hamilton
Zimbabwe land reform inspires Namibia
NAMIBIAN President Hage Geingob could not hide his admiration for Zimbabwe's land reform programme yesterday when he showered praises on President Mugabe whom he described as an African icon.A...Published: 29 Apr 2017 at 08:25hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chaos at hospitals as strike widens
The strike by doctors and nurses who were yesterday joined by midwives has paralysed State hospitals where uniformed forces, roped in by government to contain the situation, have been overwh...Published: 04 Mar 2017 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe doctors mull crippling strike
Zimbabwe's collapsing public health sector could plunge into total chaos this week, after long-suffering State doctors issued a warning to go on strike on Wednesday - unless President Robert Mugab...Published: 14 Feb 2017 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stigma attached to abortion in Zimbabwe
ABORTION is quite a touchy topic for a lot of people. Our country is so conservative and it is considered taboo to talk about abortion. There is virtually nothing to discuss when it comes to abo...Published: 03 Sep 2016 at 09:24hrs | | by Tsungai Chekerwa-Machokoto
Liberia after Ebola - turning midwives into surgeons
Liberian midwives are being trained as surgeons to assume the role of maternal health doctors killed by Ebola, according to a recent episode of The Cure, Al Jazeera's award-winning medical series. ...Published: 26 Jul 2016 at 11:16hrs | | by evin Kriedemann & Joy Sapieka
More women die in child birth
Resource constraints at some of Zimbabwe's referral hospitals are taking a toll, with 740 maternal deaths registered since 2015.Of these, 580 occurred last year and the remainder between Janua...Published: 08 May 2016 at 10:39hrs | | by Shamiso Yikoniko
Midwives vital in reducing maternal deaths says Mphoko
THE government will soon increase the midwifery training duration from 12 to 18 months and invest more in the profession to produce more rounded experts who can contribute to the reduction in maternal...Published: 07 May 2016 at 08:27hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Woman cuts baby from stranger's womb
Boulder - A judge on Friday sentenced a Colorado woman who cut a baby from a stranger's womb to 100 years in prison, including the maximum penalties for attempted murder and unlawful termination o...Published: 02 May 2016 at 11:49hrs | | by AFP
Home deliveries decline in Matabeleland South
MATABELELAND South province has made huge strides in addressing challenges in the health sector by, among other ways, increasing the number of doctors and reducing home deliveries. Matabelelan...Published: 25 Apr 2016 at 06:42hrs | | by Whinsley Masara
Hubby rips wife's c-section open over 'green bomber'
A woman in Mwenzezi was thoroughly assaulted by her husband after he discovered a fly, commonly known as 'green bomber' in a cup of milk she had served him....Published: 04 Mar 2016 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ZimRights complains over detaining of women at a Harare hospital
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has complained of an incident where a private maternity hospital in Harare detained a woman and a four-day-old baby delivered through an emergency ces...Published: 02 Mar 2016 at 05:52hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Doctors, nurses' strike beginning to bite
The strike by doctors and nurses is beginning to bite, leaving the lives of thousands of poverty-stricken Zimbabweans in the hands of God as many health workers refuse to pitch up for work following t...Published: 04 Jan 2016 at 09:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare Hospital sets tight measures for credit patients
HARARE Central Hospital has resolved not to extend credit treatment to patients admitted at the medical institution who fail to produce national identity documents and proof of residency.The m...Published: 03 Jan 2016 at 09:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo records 44 births on Christmas Day
A TOTAL of 44 babies were born in Bulawayo's major hospitals on Christmas Day. At Mpilo Central Hospital 30 babies were born, 16 boys and 14 girls compared to the 15 that were born at the same...Published: 27 Dec 2015 at 10:10hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Nurses stitch up woman's entire 'small' private part
Mpilo Central Hospital nurses stitched up the entire private part of a 21 year old woman after she endured a 26 hour labour process.The woman- Kudzayi Nyaira was initially told by nurses...Published: 20 Dec 2015 at 08:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Sandra Ndebele gives birth to baby girl
VETERAN performing artiste Sandra Ndebele-Sibindi has given birth to beautiful baby girl. Sandy as Ndebele-Sibindi is known to many of her fans gave birth to the girl sometime last week. She a...Published: 07 Dec 2015 at 06:32hrs | | by Bongani Ndlovu
Doctors forget piece of cloth in womb
A BULAWAYO woman yesterday said she will never conceive again due to negligence by United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) doctors who left a piece of cloth in her womb after she gave birth at the institution...Published: 16 Oct 2015 at 06:45hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
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