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Mpilo Hospital faces surge in child deaths
Child mortality statistics at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo increased between January and March before decreasing in April this year, despite reassurances from the Ministry of Health and Child Ca...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 06:57hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe accused of blocking nurses from taking jobs abroad
Struggling to survive on her meagre salary, Zimbabwean nurse Jane decided to start a new life abroad but, one year after landing a job in Britain, she is still waiting to pack her bags.Jane is...Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 05:59hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Old Mutual fights premature births scourge with neo-natal ventilator donation
Old Mutual Zimbabwe has donated a neonatal ventilator, the Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP), to help improve the health of premature babies in the Buhera and surrounding communities. ...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 15:06hrs | 7 | by Paul Ndou
Mnangagwa enforcer and ex-minister laments death of provincial hero
"It's painful that one of our own dies whilst we have the means of assisting her", former State security minister Owen ‘Mudha' Ncube said last Wednesday at the funeral of a Zanu-PF official while su...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Govt has no funds for additional ICU beds'
THE Health and Child Care ministry has revealed that it has no funds to purchase equipment such as intensive care unit (ICU) beds for public hospitals designated as COVID-19 centres.Bulawayo p...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Level 2 lockdown extended
The Level Two national Covid-19 lockdown has been extended by a further two-weeks with no further relaxations and citizens are being urged to follow all required safeguards as complacency continues to...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe now medical oxygen, industrial gas sufficient
ZIMBABWE is now medical oxygen and industrial gas sufficient following the official opening of its first Air Separation Unit (ASU) plant expected to transform the country's health and agricultural sec...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Catholic nuns seize control of US$2m Covid-19 project
CATHOLIC Church nuns, through Sisters of the Little Company of Mary (LCM), owners of St. Anne's Hospital in Harare, have acrimoniously seized control of the refurbished health facility's Covid-19 cent...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 08:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa breaking own rules, protocols
ALTHOUGH President Emmerson Mnangagwa this week announced Level 4 lockdown restrictions to curb the spread of Covid-19, but glaring violations of regulations by top government officials, including him...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 19:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
3rd wave could overwhelm Africa, claims WHO
THE third wave of COVID-19 infections could potentially be devastating for Africa at a time when the continent is experiencing a severe shortage of vaccines, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has wa...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:26hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
India, AfDB donate ambulances, medical equipment to Zimbabwe
Government has received a fleet of 20 ambulances, and ancillary medical equipment from the Government of India as well as the African Development Bank (AfDB) to help improve the country's public healt...Published: 27 May 2021 at 18:24hrs | 1 | by Staa reporter
Concern over Thorngrove, Ekusileni opening
OVER a year after Government declared the start of rehabilitation works to turn Bulawayo's Ekusileni and Thorngrove hospitals into Covid-19 isolation centres, the two institutions have failed to offic...Published: 23 May 2021 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sakunda steps up on fight against Covid-19
Sakunda holdings has registered another milestone in the health sector after it adopted and fully equipped a Covid-19 centre at United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) which was officially opened by President...Published: 14 May 2021 at 15:17hrs | 5 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Demystifying COVID-19 Vaccines: The Truth
We are consumed by the desire to herald the truth in the age of increased information and knowledge. For this reason, we would like to demystify some dangerous misinformation that is being peddled by ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 08:22hrs | 1 | by Oliver Dube and Dr Stanley Maphosa
Mr President open Ekusileni Hospital - People are Dying
In June 2018, ahead of the July 2018 general elections, President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced that the government had engaged the Indian Sharda Group of Institutions (SGI) to operate the health facil...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 19:14hrs | 1 | by Dr Edwin Moyo
Zimbabwe's corruption record disturbing
Zimbabwe has once again featured quite prominently as one of the most corrupt countries in the world - a disturbing record that should frighten us all, and get the rulers of this country to reconsider...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 09:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Public hospitals can cope with Covid-19 load'
Public hospitals can handle the Covid-19 case-load for free and there is no need for anyone to pay exorbitant fees demanded by private providers for Covid-19 testing and treatment. Responding ...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora calls for unity in Covid-19 fight
MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora has called on all local political parties to unite in the fighting against Covid-19 as Zimbabwe's new infections and deaths continue to rise.As at January 24, 2021,...Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 17:19hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's MDC urges Mnangagwa's govt to prioritise vaccine acquisition
MDC-T has urged government to prioritise the acquisition and provision of ventilators, vaccines and Personal Protective Equipment for citizens and those working in public hospitals.In a statem...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's minister says, 'this is war' as coronavirus runs amok
ACTING Information minister, Jenfan Muswere, yesterday likened Zimbabwe's raging and deadlier second wave coronavirus storm as a war — amid the country's soaring deaths and infections.Speaki...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 18:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
In Zimbabwe, Covid-19 patients told to buy their own ventilators
Zimbabwe shows what happens when the coronavirus collides with one of the world's most run-down health systems.Nurses at a major public hospital in the capital are on strike after colleagues d...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
US donates 20 ventilators to Zimbabwe
The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), donated 20 brand-new, state-of-the-art ventilators to Solidarity Trust Zimbabwe to help Zimbabweans fight COVID-19....Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 18:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
'SB Moyo meticulous planning saved nation from chaos' - yet 3 years on, chaos still rules the roost
"It is with a heavy heart that I announce Foreign Minister Dr S B Moyo has died," announce Emmerson Mnangagwa."Zimbabwe has lost a devoted public servant and a true hero, and I have lost a fri...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 13:25hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
98 covid-19 positive out 123 tested: proof test regime wilfully inadequate - 'Seri kweguva!' Still, must learn lessons
Zimbabwe has handled the corona virus pandemic like it has everything else the characteristic blundering incompetence. "Masvingo marked a record single-day increase in the number of Covid-19 c...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 08:32hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
'We are ready for COVID-19'
DOCTORS in private practice say they are ready to support government in its fight against COVID-19, but have urged the State to move with speed to utilise all dormant council clinics in order to incre...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Doctors predict mass deaths
MEDICAL doctors have warned of a looming surge in COVID-19-related deaths in the coming days, saying the figures were likely to double this week as positive cases continue to rise against a drop in th...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 21:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urged to cut holiday as Covid-19 spirals in Zimbabwe
There are growing calls for Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa to cut short his annual holiday because the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has "run over" his government.One of his de...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 18:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare only has 30 ICU beds
HARARE City Council yesterday said it was overwhelmed by the soaring number of COVID-19 cases, which has turned it into the epicentre of the pandemic.Acting mayor Stewart Mutizwa said the city...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Killer buys own ventilator
EXPELLED Zanu-PF legislator and businessman Killer Zivhu has bought his own ventilator in case he may need it urgently if he catches the dreaded Covid-19 virus.The "monied" Zivhu showed off hi...Published: 05 Jan 2021 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Thumbs up for the lockdown, but.....
WHAT a low-spirited start to the New Year it has been. All the dark episodes of 2020, with all the grief and death seem to have spilled to 2021 with COVID-19 arguably the worst nightmare.This ...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 07:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'2020 marks death of public health system'
In the midst of severe economic unrest, the Zimbabwean healthcare system has been disintegrating and coming apart at the seams over the years and 2020 took it a notch higher with the advent of COVID-1...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launches HIT innovation hub
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday officially launched the Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) innovation hub, which is meant to give impetus to his government's modernisation agenda and jolt the...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZACC probes Judiciary, churches
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has opened investigations into judges, magistrates and church leaders over a slew of graft allegations.ZACC chair Justice Loyce Matanda-Moyo said...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 07:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Stanbic named Bank of The Year 2020
HARARE - 3 December 2020 - Leading financial services institution, Stanbic Bank has been awarded the 2020 Bank of the Year 2020 accolade for the second year running by top banking magazine - The Banke...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 09:04hrs | 3 | by Agencies
NUST to conduct Gukurahundi DNA tests
GOVERNMENT is working on a law that will guide the process of exhumations of the remains of Gukurahundi victims in Matabeleland and the Midlands with the National University of Science and Technology ...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 21:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe govt likely to impose lockdown'
HEALTH and Child Care deputy minister John Mangwiro said his hands were clean in the US$6 million COVID-19 procurement scam in which he is implicated. Mangwiro said to date the Zimbabwe Anti-C...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
State-of-the-art Covid-19 equipment for Mpilo, UBH
FOUR central hospitals including Mpilo and United Bulawayo Hospitals are set to receive state-of-the-art equipment including intensive care unit (ICU) monitors and emergency ventilators to help fight ...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga speaks on public private partnerships
GOVERNMENT is providing an enabling environment for public private partnerships in infrastructural development which will result in the attainment of Government's vision 2030. This was said by...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in the UK living with the aftermath of Covid-19
Many Zimbabweans in the UK who contracted COVID 19 have recovered. This brought joy and hope not only for the recovered but for the world at large. While the vast majority of those who contract Covid-...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 08:13hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Give Mnangagwa credit'
Vice President Kembo Mohadi has expressed concern over how Zimbabweans were failing to appreciate the ‘sterling' efforts of President Emmerson Mnangagwa in resuscitating "the nearly dead health deli...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Be proud of Zimbabwe's achievements, says Mohadi
ZIMBABWEANS should be proud of the positive socio-economic developments which have been achieved under the Second Republic even in the face of continued onslaught of the country by its internal and ex...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wants hospitals improved
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has underscored the need to capacitate district and provincial hospitals with state-of-the-art equipment as part of Government's efforts to revive the health sector. Speaki...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wants Mthuli Ncube to loosen his purse
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday called on Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to loosen his purse and prioritise the ailing health services sector, which is facing chronic shortages of drugs and medi...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hands over medical equipment
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday fulfilled a commitment to improve the state of affairs in public health institutions three months after meeting senior doctors who presented to him how the public health ...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean born Ebola doctor's return from the 'Edge of Death'
The medical record, from an Ebola case, made for grim reading, but Dr. Ian Crozier could not put it down. Within days of the first symptom, a headache, the patient was fighting for his life. He became...Published: 09 Dec 2014 at 10:37hrs | | by nytimes
Tout commits suicide in police cells
A long distance bus tout has reportedly committed suicide under police custody in a police cell in Harare.The man who is believed to be in his mid thirties was picked up by police office...Published: 12 Jun 2014 at 16:12hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Brain dead mom on a respirator gives birth to twins
DETROIT - A pregnant US woman, Christine Bolden, 26, who was already brain dead from aneurysms, but doctors kept her on a respirator for a month to allow for the development of babies, gave birth to ...Published: 24 Apr 2012 at 05:15hrs | 1 | by Moyo Roy
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