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All qualified nurses hired
All 849 qualified nurses listed with the Health Services Board as not in employment have now been hired by the Government along with available doctors and environmental health technicians to boost the...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 06:30hrs | 1108 | by Staff reporter
Public hospitals' Covid-19 testing shambolic
CLAIMS by government that public health institutions have the capacity to handle all Covid-19 cases in the country and that they were also equipped to conduct mass screening, including testing for the...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 09:39hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says COVID-19 situation needs leadership
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said the situation in the country now required leadership, demanding the reduction of health services costs where critical COVID-19 cases would ...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 06:59hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Sally Mugabe nurse resigns, cites victimisation
AN official for the Zimbabwe Nurses Association (Zina) Samson Gurupira has resigned from Sally Mugabe Central Hospital and Health Services Board (HSB) alleging inhumane treatment and victimisation fro...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:36hrs | 913 | by Staff reporter
Nurses infected with COVID-19 rising, says Zina
PRESIDENT of the Zimbabwe Nurses Association (ZINA), Enock Dongo yesterday said there has been a worrying increase in the number of nurses infected with COVID 19.Although Dongo said he did not...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 07:34hrs | 740 | by Staff reporter
Repentant nurses reinstated on payroll
More than 1 000 nurses removed from the monthly pay sheets for not working standard hours are being reinstated after apologising to the Government and reverting to normal duty shifts. Last mon...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:08hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's dramatic U-turn on top bosses
VICE-PRESIDENT and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga has agreed to reinstate dozens of ministry directors he unilaterally fired two months ago, making a dramatic U-turn after mounting pressure and ...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 19:06hrs | 4656 | by Staff reporter
Sally Mugabe nurses apologises to Chiwenga
Nurses at Sally Mugabe Central Hospital have publicly broken with the Zimbabwe Nurses Association (Zina), resolved to resume normal shifts and most have apologised to the Government for disruptions in...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:25hrs | 472 | by Staff reporter
Nurses to work flexible hours
NURSES can continue working flexible hours despite the noting of an appeal by the government against an earlier High Court decision granting that permission.This comes after High Court judge J...Published: 07 Dec 2020 at 20:43hrs | 907 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga, nurses headed for another showdown
A legal showdown is looming between Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga (pictured below), who doubles as Health minister, and public hospital nurses, with the health professionals vowing to continue f...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:15hrs | 1963 | by Staff reporter
Nurses approach High Court over Chiwenga's flexi-hours
GOVERNMENT should brace for bruising court battles as nurses have approached the High Court seeking an interdict to halt their employer from implementing the "unlawful"removal of flexible working ...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 07:36hrs | 728 | by Staff reporter
500 nurses served with suspension letters
GOVERNMENT has served close to 500 nurses from Bulawayo's two major hospitals with suspension letters for not reporting for duty and they are expected to appear before a disciplinary hearing next week...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:29hrs | 382 | by Staff reporter
Nurses seek audience with Mnangagwa
ZIMBABWE Nurses Association (Zina) yesterday came out guns blazing and requested President Emmerson Mnangagwa to intervene in its impasse with the government, saying the situation regarding their welf...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 19:26hrs | 1220 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa moves to deal with rogue security elements
THE government will soon establish an independent commission to investigate complaints against members of the security sector after the Cabinet yesterday agreed on the principles for the Zimbabwe Inde...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 06:11hrs | 3922 | by Staff reporter
Military nurses take over hospitals
GOVERNMENT has resolved to deploy military medical personnel at all State hospitals to avoid disruptions caused by striking civilian nurses and doctors.The move, which is widely viewed as Vice...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 06:05hrs | 5490 | by Staff reporter
1 032 nurses struck off payroll
THE Health Services Board (HSB) has removed 1 032 defiant nurses from its pay sheets after they declined to resume normal working hours and insisted on either not working or working sharply reduced ho...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 05:45hrs | 725 | by Staff reporter
Striking nurses face loss of permanent status
Nurses in the public sector are to be held to high professional standards with those who strike likely to be moved from the permanent staff and having to reapply for fixed term contracts should they w...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:06hrs | 780 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga accused of using command tactics
NURSES have confronted Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, who doubles as Health minister over his decision to reverse their working hours.Early this year nurses reached an agreement with the...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 06:52hrs | 13203 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's ministry rocked by salaries scam
THE profligate President Emmerson Mnangagwa administration is spending millions of dollars per month on double salaries and allowances for senior officials in the Ministry of Health and Child Care des...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:26hrs | 11125 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: ZCTU blasts General Chiwenga's move
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has learnt with dismay moves by the government to enlist into the army all graduating junior doctors before they could be employed by the government....Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 16:56hrs | 3753 | by ZCTU
Moyo grovels at Chiwenga
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo heaped praise on VicePresident Constantino Chiwenga, describing him as the most suitable person to run the Health ministry despite fears that he was militarising th...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 21:44hrs | 8183 | by Staff reporter
Over 200 junior doctors to be appointed under the military
THE Health Services Board (HSB) has revealed being granted permission to recruit over 200 junior doctors set to be appointed under the Defence Forces Service Commission (DFSC).Labour market wa...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 07:28hrs | 2366 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's gov't backtracks on striking nurses salaries
STRIKING nurses have received their July and August salaries despite the Health Services Board (HSB's) no-work, no-pay principle.Zimbabwe Nurses Association president Enock Dongo confirmed to ...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 19:41hrs | 5422 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga restructures health ministry
GOVERNMENT has started restructuring the country's healthcare system and has since assured health workers that efforts are underway to ensure that they return to work.Vice-President Constantin...Published: 19 Aug 2020 at 17:57hrs | 8306 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga warns hospitals
VICE-President Dr Constantino Chiwenga has warned hospitals which are demanding Covid-19 clearance certificates from people seeking medical services as well as those capitalising on the global pandemi...Published: 15 Aug 2020 at 16:56hrs | 2200 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's health sector will never be same again, says Chiwenga
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has assured Zimbabweans the country's health sector was geared for a strong bounce back following his recent appointment as substantive health minister.Spea...Published: 13 Aug 2020 at 07:15hrs | 4921 | by Staff reporter
18 more die of Covid-19
Zimbabwe's health delivery system is being reformed and restructured, new Health and Child Care Minister Vice President Constantino Chiwenga said yesterday, promising a new era in healthcare. ...Published: 13 Aug 2020 at 06:47hrs | 937 | by Staff reporter
No pay for striking nurses
STRIKING health workers did not receive their July salaries after the Health Services Board (HSB) implemented the no-work-no-pay principle but talks are underway for them to be put back on the payroll...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 08:46hrs | 1233 | by Staff reporter
Hospitals should not demand Covid-19 certificate before admitting patients
Hospitals should neither turn away patients nor demand a Covid-19 certificate before admitting patients, particularly in emergency cases, the Government has said.The exhortation comes after th...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 07:04hrs | 742 | by Staff Reporter
Nurses' strike illegal, says HSB
THE Health Services Board (HSB) has slated the month-long industrial action by nurses as illegal saying they rushed to withdraw labour without sufficient notice. HSB, through the Attorney-Gene...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:28hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt begs doctors to stop strike
GOVERNMENT yesterday begged senior doctors to reconsider their threat to go on strike from today as COVID-19 wreaks havoc in the health sector, with 253 healthcare workers (HCWs) falling victim to the...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 13:06hrs | 907 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt defends sacking of hospital CEOs
The sacking of chief executive officers (CEOs) of five major Government hospitals was part of the restructuring of the health system by Government to make it more effective and efficient, a Cabinet Mi...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 08:34hrs | 653 | by Staff reporter
NatPharm top bosses sacked in tender controversy
SEVEN National Pharmaceutical Company (NatPharm) bosses have been fired as the company reels from allegations of multi-million dollar corruption involving the acquisition of medicines and equipment me...Published: 17 Jul 2020 at 07:50hrs | 3145 | by Staff reporter
Specialist doctors threaten strike
A MASSIVE health crisis is looming in Zimbabwe after specialist doctors yesterday threatened to down tools if their demands were not met in the next two weeks.The doctors said they would join ...Published: 17 Jul 2020 at 07:44hrs | 1042 | by Staff reporter
Govt, nurses meeting deadlocked
A CRUNCH meeting between Government and striking nurses over salaries ended in deadlock with health workers' representatives maintaining their stance of demanding salaries pegged in United States (US)...Published: 17 Jul 2020 at 07:43hrs | 1256 | by Staff reporter
Hospital chief executives fired
Chief executives of five major Government hospitals have been "relieved of their duties" by the Health Services Board as part of what is described as a "restructuring exercise" within the Ministry of ...Published: 13 Jul 2020 at 08:10hrs | 2126 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's striking nurses cry foul over allowances
Health workers, that include nurses, who have been on strike for the past three weeks were not paid allowances given to all civil servants amid allegationsgovernment is trying to arm-twist them to...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 11:07hrs | 1989 | by Staff reporter
'Civil servants pay temporary arrangement'
THE Health Services Board (HSB) has said the recently announced review of salaries for civil servants was just an interim arrangement while they await Treasury's response on a request for a potential ...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:19hrs | 4936 | by Staff reporter
Self service and saving lives
On the 17th of June health workers woke up to realise that their already compromised salaries had been further cut spurring them into an immediate industrial action that started at Parirenyatwa Group ...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 08:34hrs | 1154 | by Godard Thabani Bvungidzire
Doctors joining nurses' strike
JUNIOR doctors have threatened to go on strike, joining the industrial action by nurses that started last week citing deteriorating working conditions, which will negatively affect the country's battl...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 07:56hrs | 1068 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest striking nurses
POLICE yesterday arrested health and general workers at Victoria Chitepo Hospital in Mutare as nurses and some doctors deserted major hospitals across the country following a call by their unions to d...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:34hrs | 2036 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's US dollar allowance to stimulate economic activity'
GOVERNMENT'S move to pay civil servants a United States dollar allowance may stimulate economic activity in the shortterm, but will expedite re-dollarisation, economic analysts have said.Gover...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:20hrs | 1677 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil servants reject pay offer
CIVIL servants, through the Apex Council, yesterday rejected government's pay offer of a 50% raise and US$75 allowance for three months as doctors and nurses declared a full-blown strike.Prote...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:11hrs | 1428 | by Staff reporter
List of quarantine escapees to be released
GOVERNMENT will soon publish names of people absconding from quarantine centres as part of measures to warn communities of potential risks within their midst. A total of 149 returnees hav...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 08:59hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
Blow for Marondera nurses
NURSES at Marondera Provincial Hospital have rapped their employer, the Health ministry, for cancelling flexi hours on Monday without any consultations.Early this year, the Health Services Boa...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 08:33hrs | 859 | by Staff reporter
Is the New Dispensation keen on devolution?
It should be recalled that the nationalist struggle's main focus was the achievement of an electoral system with one person one vote as its basis and the resultant establishment of a newly independent...Published: 17 Apr 2020 at 07:41hrs | 255 | by Vivian Viyo Siziba
Students stand in for striking nurses
STUDENT nurses at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals have been commandeered to replace nurses who went on strike last week demanding COVID-19 risk allowances and personal protective equipment."Ou...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:52hrs | 578 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube releases $500 million for Covid-19 fight
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube says government has released ZWL$500 million to fight against COVID-19, and is ready to attend to further requests on this issue. In addition, Ncube said Tre...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 19:02hrs | 3094 | by Moyo Roy
Zimbabwe to recruit 900 nurses
The Health Services Board (HSB) intends to recruit 900 nurses to fully staff referral hospitals, board chairperson, Dr Paulinus Sikosana has said. Dr Sikosana said there were shortages of nurs...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 05:28hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
'Machete gangs threaten Kwekwe Hospital staff'
KWEKWE General Hospital medical superintendent, Patricia Mapanda on Monday appealed to government to tighten security at the institution to protect its staff from marauding machete gangs who usually m...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 06:39hrs | 1222 | by Staff reporter
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