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A Challenge to the Ministry of Health Show us the Truth, Not the Spin
Dear Minister of Health, Deputy Minister, and Permanent Secretary, Allow me to also include Nick Mangwana and the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio committee on health.Followi...Published: 11 May 2025 at 10:37hrs | 175 | by Hector Mbizvo
Mpilo offers free cleft lip surgeries
MPILO Central Hospital in Bulawayo will be offering free surgery for children with cleft lips and palates today.This will be done at the outpatients department starting at 7:30am.A cle...Published: 06 May 2023 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lupane Govt complex complete
The new Elitsheni Government Complex in Lupane, capital of Matabeleland North province, is complete and Government departments have been allocated offices to pave way for relocation of civil servants ...Published: 01 Jun 2022 at 06:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Opening date for Ekusileni
EKUSILENI Medical Centre in Bulawayo will finally open its doors to members of the public on November 30 with a 50-bed capacity amid revelations that the institution is now ready to admit Covid-19 pat...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:27hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Doctors' strike: Lives on ropes as lies, arrogance blot hope
Timothy Kafiramberi (not his real name) is visibly desperate and scared as he carries his ailing son who cannot walk due to an unexplained sickness. He has been moving from one room to another along t...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 10:16hrs | | by Vanessa Gonye
Things going from bad to worse in Zimbabwe
Things are going from bad to worse in Zimbabwe - with yesterday's devastating strike by doctors at the country's public hospitals being the latest problem to confront President Emmerson Mnangagwa's be...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 13:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Doctors' strike spreads
JUNIOR doctors at public hospitals yesterday stepped up their strike for better working conditions and remuneration, forcing some major hospitals to close down key departments and discharge "stable" p...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe doctors strike called off
The Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) has implored its members who had joined the nationwide industrial action that started yesterday to go back to work while their grievances are being loo...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 20:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chaos as bulawayo hospital closes departments...discharges patients
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 advise...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 13:17hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ekusileni investors tip Zimbabwe for glory
INDIAN investors who are set to reopen Ekusileni Medical Centre in Bulawayo yesterday said the new dispensation is on course to taking the country to its former glory as evidenced by the stability pre...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 10:17hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Fired nurses re-hired
GOVERNMENT has re-engaged fired nurses and hired more health practitioners in a development that is expected to improve service delivery at the country's health institutions.The Health Service...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 06:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dismissed nurses panic, end strike
THE Health Services Board (HSB) has served about 5 000 nurses with dismissal letters following the directive by Government to fire all nurses that disregarded the call to return to work.Howeve...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 10:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nurses down their syringes
NURSES at Government hospitals countrywide yesterday downed tools in protest over the failure by their employer to attend to their grievances which include poor remuneration and working conditions....Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
24 babies born at Mpilo daily despite doctors' strike
DESPITE the strike by doctors, Mpilo Central Hospital maternity unit continued to provide quality service with an average of 24 babies delivered on a daily basis.In an interview last week, the...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 09:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mohadi order doctors to go back to work
Government has ordered striking junior doctors to return to work following its final offer reviewing conditions of service for health services' staff.This comes as the situation in the public ...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Chamisa visits stranded patients at Harare hospital
MDC-T President Nelson Chamisa today visited stranded patients at Harare hospital following a strike by doctors and senior medical personnel that has crippled the country's health services sector....Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 14:41hrs | 1 | by Syephen Jakes
First Lady says improving service delivery is key
The First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa says improvement of service delivery is key in resuscitating Zimbabwe's health sector.Her surprise visits to the country's major referral hospitals proved tha...Published: 24 Dec 2017 at 21:14hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabweans ignore stay-away calls, claims ZBC
As expected, ZBC decided to turn a blind eye on the protests and they viewed it differently. In its report, ZBC insinuates that all business was normal through out the country. Below is its re...Published: 06 Jul 2016 at 17:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Business as usual, Govt tells workers
Government says civil servants and other workers should report for duty today as usual and refuse to be used by malcontents seeking to destabilise the country.Agents of illegal regime chan...Published: 06 Jul 2016 at 06:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Junior doctors strike ends
The impasse between the government and the junior medical doctors over contracts has been resolved.All doctors who had embarked on industrial action have been advised to go back to work....Published: 02 Apr 2016 at 17:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt, junior doctors on collision course
Junior doctors who graduated at the University of Zimbabwe recently have again refused to sign amended contracts of employment because their concerns have not been fully addressed, putting at risk the...Published: 30 Mar 2016 at 23:59hrs | | by Paidamoyo Chipunza
Nurse's strike intensifies
The situation remained deplorable at major referral hospitals in and around Harare as nurses vowed to boycott night duties until their grievances are attended to. Reports also indicate that s...Published: 05 May 2015 at 07:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bosso ace suffers horror burns after being attacked by wife
HIGHLANDERS FC attacking midfielder Knox Mutizwa is recovering from severe burns on his back suffered during a suspected case of domestic violence at his home in Bulawayo's Pelandaba suburb in the ear...Published: 17 Mar 2015 at 08:46hrs | | by Lovemore Dube
Patients left to die as doctors strike
THE JUNIOR doctors' strike in protest over poor salaries yesterday could have risked many people's lives at most of the country's public referral hospitals as patients spent the whole day unat...Published: 28 Oct 2014 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Namibia dismiss Zimbabwe travel warning
THE Namibian government has distanced itself from statements attributed to its Health minister Richard Kamwi who last week was quoted as implying that there was an outbreak of Ebola in Zimbabwe and ur...Published: 29 Sep 2014 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ministerial Statement: Issue of Ebola Cases in Zimbabwe
MINISTERIAL STATEMENT: ISSUE OF EBOLA CASES IN ZIMBABWETHE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE (DR.DAVID PARIRENYATWA):Mr. Speaker Sir, I would li...Published: 22 Sep 2014 at 18:28hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Malaria wreaks havoc rural areas
HURUNGWE - Half the population of Zimbabwe is at risk of being infected with the third most common illness, malaria, which has wreaked havoc in communal areas.Speaking at commemorations to mar...Published: 01 Dec 2013 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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