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Expectant mothers overwhelm Mpilo's maternity wing
MPILO Central Hospital's maternity wing is overwhelmed by numbers of expectant mothers seeking its services thereby compromising service delivery. The hospital is attending to an average of 20...Published: 17 hrs ago | 540 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo 'shona' nurses graduate under police guard
Mpilo Central Hospital held its nurses graduation and prize giving day under the protection of police at the Bulawayo Large City Hall Wednesday to thwart off any interference from members of the publi...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 19:53hrs | 4974 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ready to confront Mnangagwa, says MDC
MDC acting president Lynnete Karenyi-Kore has called on Zimbabweans to occupy all democratic spaces to demand accountability and an end to unchecked deaths at government hospitals as a result of the o...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 05:59hrs | 1494 | by Staff reporter
Patients share wards with dead bodies in Zimbabwe
The medical personnel industrial action in Zimbabwe is blamed on the country's crumbling healthcare service, poor governance and corruption.The lack of response of the international community ...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 13:29hrs | 2860 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
A critical review of Zimbabwe’s health sector today
This morning I woke up to a headline in the Herald reporting a visit by the First Lady to a Mbare based traditional midwife celebrating the achievements by the midwife. And juxtapose that to the situa...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 13:02hrs | 632 | by Dr Togarepi Mawoyo
WATCH: No doctors or nurses at Parirenyatwa Hospital
A video of an empty Parirenyatwa hospital without any members of staff has surfaced online. The video which was posted by award winning journalist Hopewell Chin'ono shows the patients ward...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 08:24hrs | 3797 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Matabeleland North remains without provincial hospital
MATABELELAND North Provincial Medical Director Dr Purgie Chimberengwa has appealed to Government to urgently complete construction of Lupane Provincial Hospital as the province faces a critical shorta...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:31hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Not yet time for Zimbabwe to go into space
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has often been accused of being far too removed from what ordinary Zimbabweans are experiencing in the wake of economic turmoil that is taking back the country into the d...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 06:00hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Harare begs striking nurses
HARARE City Council is pleading with its nurses to return to work while a solution to their problems is being sought to avoid loss of lives.Council nurses have not been going to work since las...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:31hrs | 1157 | by Staff reporter
'Soft genocide underway in Zimbabwe'
A ZIMBABWEAN living in the diaspora has castigated government's move to fire nearly 300 medical doctors from their jobs.Netsai Makarichi, a Zimbabwean based in the United Kingdom, said the mov...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:44hrs | 1755 | by Staff reporter
Minister Obadiah Moyo said prepared to seek treatment at Parirenyatwa
HEALTH Minister Obadiah Moyo says he was prepared - if he were to fall sick sometime - to seek treatment at Parirenyatwa government hospital, more so, by the same doctors he has seemingly antagonised ...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:30hrs | 627 | by newzimbabwe
New perks on the table for doctors
Government and striking doctors will meet tomorrow to discuss a proposed package of improved working conditions that includes accommodation, transport and food, as authorities seek to bring normalcy t...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:25hrs | 882 | by Staff reporter
University of Zimbabwe under fire over junior doctors
The government of Zimbabwe has forced the junior doctors to sit for exams after they signified that they want them to be postponed because they did not learn enough to sit for them. The Zimbab...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 08:37hrs | 4623 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Doctors' absence prolongs patients' suffering
ORDINARY citizens whose pockets are not deep enough to afford private medical care continue to bear the brunt of the ongoing stand-off between medical doctors — who have been on industrial action fo...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:19hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
Dirty pieces of money ensnare civil servants
When President Mnangagwa embarked on the austerity path that is about to come to an end since the economy is showing positive signs of recovery, he did not seek to sugar-coat the pain that Zimbabweans...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:08hrs | 377 | by Pupurai Togarepi
Zimbabwe trainee medical registrars boycott final exams
DOZENS of University of Zimbabwe (UZ) postgraduate medical registrars, Monday boycotted their end of course examinations claiming they missed out on crucial practical lessons due to the ongoing strike...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 21:45hrs | 2756 | by newzimbabwe
Diasporans donate blankets to Ingutsheni
A group of Zimbabweans based in the diaspora has donated 130 blankets to Ingutsheni Hospital in Bulawayo, which is reeling from underfunding.The initiative known as Ingutsheni Urgent Appeal (I...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:44hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
Saking doctors won't end crisis
The government's decision to fire 211 doctors last week reinforced the narrative that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration does not have any solution to the unfolding crisis in the health sec...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:43hrs | 197 | by The Standard Editorial comment
Mpilo situation critical: Doctors
The Zimbabwe Senior Doctors Association (ZSDA) has said the situation at Mpilo Hospital was far from normal as most doctors were on strike.Responding to sentiments by Clinical Director Dr Solw...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:36hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
Council nurses trickle to work
Harare Municipal medical staff are trickling to work following engagements between representatives and the municipality, which has seen October salaries paid on Wednesday and commitments for a salary ...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 04:51hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe runs out of contraceptives
Public hospital doctors have lashed out at the Health Services Board (HSB) for firing 77 doctors since Tuesday.Addressing Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors' Association (ZHDA) members and the media at...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:53hrs | 1410 | by Staff reporter
Dialogue needed to break doctors, govt impasse
Doctors and their employer have been urged to engage in an honest dialogue aimed at ending the current impasse which has halted operations in public hospitals and created chaos in the private sector w...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 12:19hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo hospital shuts down outpatients...patients risks dying
The Zimbabwe Senior Hospitals Doctors Association has condemned has issued a statement informing the public to disregard reports published by state media that Mpilo hospital was functionin...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 09:24hrs | 4571 | by Mandla Ndlovu
We won't watch people die, says Mpilo boss
MPILO Central Hospital Clinical Director Dr Solwayo Ngwenya has said his staff will continue to attend to patients seeking medical services despite the ongoing strike by some doctors.In an int...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:37hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa caps record GZU graduates
President Mnangagwa yesterday conferred degrees to 4 936 graduates at Great Zimbabwe University (GZU)'s 13th graduation ceremony held at the institution's main campus.The graduates were drawn ...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:34hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
Doctors' strike spares Mpilo cancer section
THE two-month-long doctors' strike has not affected the cancer screening section at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo, a development which has brought relief to cancer patients.In an intervie...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:32hrs | 164 | by Staff reporter
The Mnangagwa led govt has failed
It is a fact that ZANU PF party has failed this nation since 1980, it is also a fact that ZANU PF is known locally for all the wrong reasons, ranging from gukurahundi genocide, government sponsored tr...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 14:07hrs | 3443 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Mnangagwa's $6m anti-sanctions march riles doctors
NewsdayStriking doctors have accused the government of being insincere and selfish after allegedly blowing over $6 million in funding an anti-sanctions march and feeding the supposed protester...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 07:02hrs | 2978 | by Staff reporter
MRP demands fair nursing training recruitment opportunities at local hospitals
Today we went to Mpilo Hospital on a fact finding mission, with just two questions for the management, who were represented by the public relations office particularly Mr Ozias Ndlovu who collected ou...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 14:22hrs | 2103 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Why Emmerson Mnangagwa must resign
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's governing body has proven to be a failure economically, politically and socially. Since his inauguration after the 17th November 'so called coup', the country has realis...Published: 24 Oct 2019 at 17:03hrs | 3543 | by Rangarirai Kudakwashe Chivaviro
Do not invade patients, says Govt
GOVERNMENT has warned politicians, activists and media practitioners against unwarranted visits to hospitals, adding that such action violates the rights of patients. In a statement yesterday,...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 11:57hrs | 3054 | by Staff reporter
440 nurses undergo early cancer detection training
A NON-GOVERNMENTAL organisation catering for children with cancer and operates from Bulawayo and Harare, Kidzcan, has started a pilot cancer screening training project in Harare and Chitungwiza target...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 07:20hrs | 460 | by Staff reporter
Govt threatens striking doctors
The Government say it will haul striking doctors before disciplinary hearings for “absenting” themselves from work in what it calls an illegal strike....Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 22:13hrs | 2547 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe health system in intensive care
The country's health system has reached alarming levels as major referral hospitals have reached their lowest rate of service delivery.During a tour of Harare Central Hospital on Wednesday, Ne...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 15:06hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe details sanctions impact on health
Illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western countries must be removed as they are not targeted but are affecting ordinary people, Health and Child Care Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo has said. In an in...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 04:04hrs | 40 | by Staff reporter
Dear Boris Johnson: Removal of sanctions against Zimbabwe
Dr Masimba Mavaza 6 Sandown Close Corby NN18 8QW 9TH OCTOBER 2019 DEAR Honourable Prime Minister RE REMOVAL OF SANCTIONS AGAI...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 16:42hrs | 200 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Tsvangirai and Chamisa plotted the death of thousand Zimbabweans
Zimbabwe has suffered from unrelenting onslaught from Europe and America. The onslaught is done in the form of sanctions which has brought zimbabwe to its knees. Zimbabwe has struggled for seventeen&n...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 22:14hrs | 181 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Specialist neurosurgeon in trouble for saving life
Parirenyatwa Hospital-based neurosurgeon Aaron Musara has accused the institution's department of anaesthesia and clinical medicine of neglecting and refusing to attend to patients in need of urgent s...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 09:01hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
BCC questions govt sincerity to capacitate council clinics
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has cast doubt on government's offer to capacitate local authority clinics that are overwhelmed by patients after doctors at State institutions downed tools last month....Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:57hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Doctors paid their salaries despite being absent from duty since last month
In what could be a major bungling on the part of the Health Services Board (HSB), some striking medical doctors were paid their salaries despite being absent from duty since last month while many did ...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:55hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Doctors paid their salaries despite being absent from duty since last month
In what could be a major bungling on the part of the Health Services Board (HSB), some striking medical doctors were paid their salaries despite being absent from duty since last month while many did ...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:54hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Defiant doctors face censure
THE Health Service Board (HSB) is likely to commence disciplinary hearings against all doctors who ignored the last Friday's Labour Court ruling ordering them to return to work within 48 hours. ...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:48hrs | 8 | by Staff rpeorter
Doctors told to resume work & dialogue
Government remains open to dialogue with striking doctors to find a lasting solution, but those discussions should be carried out while health workers are at work, Health and Child Care Minister Obadi...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:26hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe doctors told, 'No work, no dialogue'
Government remains open to dialogue with striking doctors to find a lasting solution, but those discussions should be carried out while health workers are at work, Health and Child Care Minister Dr Ob...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:02hrs | 895 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hit by STIs, drug shortages
Zimbabwe has been hit by the double whammy of rising sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and serious shortages of drugs to treat them - derailing, in the process, the government's fight against HIV...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 07:02hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter
Govt, doctors head for arbitration
Government and striking doctors are now heading for arbitration following the expiration of the 48-hour ultimatum given by the Labour Court last Friday. Addressing a Press conference in Harare...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:31hrs | 74 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Emmerson Mnangagwa
14 October 2019Petition to The Ministry of Health and Child Welfare.Cc: Ministry of Health, Matebeleland North Province.Cc: CEO Tsholotsho HospitalCc: St Lukes Hospital....Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 16:55hrs | 2043 | by Mqondisi Moyo
Doctors, nurses' strike requires a sober approach
In our NewsDay Weekender edition on Saturday we carried a depressing story of how the country's major public hospitals have turned into dens of death as helpless patients succumb to their sicknesses i...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 06:46hrs | 1951 | by Staff reporter
Striking doctors' ultimatum ends
Striking junior doctors have up to this morning to report for work after Labour Court ruled their industrial action illegal last Friday and ordered them to report for work within 48 hours. The...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 06:40hrs | 1356 | by Staff reporter
Doctors appeal Labour Court ruling, vow to continue with job boycott
Doctors on Sunday vowed to continue their job boycott, despite last Friday's court ruling ordering them to return to work within 48 hours."While doctors would want nothing more than to return ...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 18:43hrs | 1282 | by Staff reporter
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