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Mnangagwa appoints Health Service Commission
The new Health Service Commission, which assumes full control of the staff in the State health services, has become active with the appointment of Civil Service Commission chair Dr Vincent Hungwe as c...Published: 06 Jan 2024 at 08:41hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Ireland continues recruiting nurses from Zimbabwe
THE HSE continued to recruit nurses from Zimbabwe, Ghana and Nigeria for over a month after they were added to the World Health Organisation's (WHO) no-recruit list.The WHO keeps a list of cou...Published: 07 May 2023 at 08:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's health care workers condemn plan to criminalize foreign recruiters
Health care workers in Zimbabwe have condemned the government's plan to criminalize their recruitment to work in other countries as part of efforts to reduce a medical brain drain. Zimbabwe's vice pre...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 10:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe plans law to criminalise foreign recruitment of medics
Zimbabwe plans to enact a law criminalising the recruitment of its health personnel by other countries, Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga has said.Chiwenga, who is also the health minister, ...Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 10:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's skills flight crisis: UK work visas up 1,500%
The number of Zimbabweans granted work visas to work in the UK has gone up by 1,576% since 2019, showing the extent of Zimbabwe's brain drain crisis. The number of Zimbabweans who were granted...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 17:06hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe losing doctors, nurses and teachers to British hypocrisy
THE United Kingdom, which is buckling under a deepening shortage of nurses and teachers after exiting the European Union, is raiding, among other countries, its former colony Zimbabwe for key public s...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:28hrs | | by Ashlet Simango
Chiwenga threatens to deregister medical aid societies
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday threatened to deregister errant medical aid societies, accusing them of gross malpractices, failure to abide by the rule book, including abuse of funds an...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Hackers snatch US$100 000 from NatPharm
THE National Pharmaceutical Company of Zimbabwe (NatPharm) lost more than US$100 000 to hackers when its computer system was attacked, Auditor-General Mildred Chiri (pictured) has revealed.In ...Published: 03 May 2022 at 16:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe health workers threaten mass resignation over proposed law
HEALTH practitioners have rejected the Health Services Amendment Bill which they say seeks to punish them for exercising their labour rights and have threatened mass resignations if it is passed into ...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Booster jabs for elderly, front liners
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday announced that Covid-19 booster shots can be given to those fully vaccinated as there are enough stocks already in the country for everyone with more coming, as a way of ...Published: 04 Dec 2021 at 07:18hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Dr Fallala declared liberation heroine
PROMINENT Bulawayo doctor, Dr Muriel Selma Fallala who died last week in a car accident has been declared a liberation heroine in recognition of her contributions in the country's medical sector for n...Published: 10 Nov 2021 at 05:33hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Top Bulawayo family doctor dies in car crash
PROMINENT Bulawayo medical doctor and National University of Science and Technology (Nust) lecturer Muriel Fallala died yesterday after she lost control of her vehicle near Ascot race course while dri...Published: 04 Nov 2021 at 06:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
4 specialist hospitals boost
GOVERNMENT is in the process of establishing specialist medical schools at four State universities, with the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) already recruiting critical staff to t...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean doctors challenged to be professional, united
Doctors need to be united, ethical and professional at all times in their discharge of critical service, Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care Dr Constantino Chiwenga said last night du...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 06:23hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Patients suffer as doctors, medical aid societies clash
A TUSSLE has erupted between medical practitioners in the private sector and medical aid societies, as doctors are accused of turning down policy holders without cash co-payments due to health funders...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 09:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Fake Midlands doctor nabbed
Emmanuel Machaya "Dr Togara" (37) has been arrested today for masquerading as a qualified medical doctor operating a surgery in Kwekwe called Medical Oasis surgery without medical license and qualific...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 15:04hrs | 6 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Suspended Natpharm boss back in court
SUSPENDED National Pharmaceutical Company of Zimbabwe (NatPharm) acting managing director Zealous Nyabadza appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Court yesterday facing criminal abuse of office allegatio...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Fake doctor' treats Bulawayo patients
A CLINICAL officer at Mpilo Central Hospital has been arrested for allegedly masquerading as a doctor to patients at his private practice in the city centre. Police arrested Watson Mpala (67) ...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 05:55hrs | 2 | by Yoliswa Dube-Moyo
Outcry over steep medical aid subscriptions
MEDICAL aid companies are in the eye of a storm as policyholders are accusing them of ripping them off through drastic increases in contributions, most of which are wiping out their salaries.D...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Medical aid companies ripping policyholders off
MEDICAL aid companies are in the eye of a storm as policyholders are accusing them of ripping them off through drastic increases in contributions, most of which are wiping out their salaries.D...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Nurses call off strike
The Zimbabwe Nurses Association (ZINA) has told its members employed by the Government to end their industrial action and immediately start reporting for work. ZINA yesterday also endorsed pla...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Galen House Medical Centre founder dies
PROMINENT medical practitioner and former Bulawayo City Council councillor, Dr Garry Ferguson, who founded Galen House and Medical Centre in the city, has died. He was 89. Dr Ferguson ...Published: 22 May 2019 at 00:22hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa makes major appointment
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed Dr Agnes Mahova as a permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Childcare with immediate effect.Dr Mahomva is a public health specialist and c...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 19:13hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Generalised anxiety disorder
EDITOR, It is normal to feel anxious from time to time, especially if your life is stressful. However, excessive, ongoing anxiety and worry that are difficult to control that interferes with d...Published: 28 Feb 2019 at 06:12hrs | 1 | by Dr Sacrifice Chirisa.
Hospital fees skyrocket
ZIMBABWE has been plunged into yet another health crisis as hospital fees have sharply risen, well beyond the affordability of most citizens, with most private health institutions now demanding paymen...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:49hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
Medical practitioners propose steep US$ charges
Zimbabweans should brace for new tariffs from the medical practitioners after a leaked document showed proposed charges pegged in United States dollars.The document, which was widely circulate...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 10:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Junior doctors implored to return to work
A meeting between the Health Services Board (HSB) and the Zimbabwe Medical Association (ZiMA) mediating task force has resolved that junior doctors who had been suspended must immediately return to wo...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 18:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga, doctors in crunch meeting
FEAR gripped government yesterday forcing discussions with striking junior doctors as well as consultants and senior health practitioners, who on Friday issued a 48-hour-ultimatum, NewsDay can reveal....Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 18:08hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga committed to ending impasse with doctors
Negotiations to reinstate suspended junior doctors are ongoing as government works to find an amicable solution to end the impasse.Health and Child Care Minister Dr Obediah Moyo says his minis...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 17:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt partially fulfils doctors' demands
GOVERNMENT met striking doctors yesterday and urged them to resume work as some of their grievances had been addressed. Health and Child Care Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo met the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Doctors, Apex Council reach consensus
Junior doctors who had withdrawn their services have agreed to consult with their constituencies regarding the offers that have been made, following an urgent meeting held today (Thursday) with the Ap...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 18:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo fertility centre helps 17 couples in first year
A MEDICAL doctor has established a centre in Bulawayo to artificially assist people who have challenges in conceiving, to have children. The facility, located along Josiah Tongogara Street and...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 05:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
One year after Mugabe's historic ouster, Zim looks much the same
Euphoric tears are what many Zimbabweans remember shedding a year ago, on November 21, 2017. It was the most momentous day in the country's post-independence history, the day Zimbabwe shed something e...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 06:09hrs | | by Max Bearak
1 year after Mugabe fall, Zimbabwe asks 'What has changed?'
One year ago the unthinkable happened in Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe fell from power.Tanks rolled in the streets of the capital, Harare, on November 14, 2017, and the military put Mugabe under hou...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 14:25hrs | | by AP
Prophet Magaya savaged over HIV claims
Government yesterday led the criticism of Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) leader Walter Magaya after the charismatic preacher sensationally claimed at the weekend that he had found a cure for ...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 19:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bond notes disaster: Zimbabweans count costs after a week of madness
Mary Muchenje bolted out of a pharmacy in Harare's Avenues area, only to stop a few metres away scratching her head.Muchenje's world had just crumbled after the pharmacists informed her she ne...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 09:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council bans school feeding programme
Bulawayo City Council has temporarily banned the school feeding programme amid reports that the number of suspected cholera cases in the city has risen to 21.Speaking during a Zimbabwe Medical...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Client clashes with PSMAS
A client at Premier Services Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) has accused the state health insurer of foul play amid allegations that the institution has failed to refund him over $800 which he used to cov...Published: 25 May 2018 at 10:35hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Parirenyatwa should quit
Health minister David Parirenyatwa should just do the honourable thing and resign so as to save the little that is left of an ailing Zimbabwean health sector.The doctors' strike that crippled ...Published: 01 Apr 2018 at 15:36hrs | | 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
Govt lifts freeze on recruitment of doctors
GOVERNMENT has agreed to lift the freeze on the recruitment of doctors and availed $10 million to buy vehicles after the medical practitioners petitioned it over a number of grievances.In a no...Published: 28 Feb 2018 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schools disclose pupils' HIV status
SOME private schools are reportedly requesting pupils to submit medical forms disclosing their HIV status in violation of the country's HIV and Aids policy.The Zimbabwe Medical Association (Zi...Published: 10 Feb 2018 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chinamasa under fire
Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa has been critisised for failing to prioritise the funding of health in the 2018 budget as the Health and Child Care ministry's vote was dwarfed by that of Defence an...Published: 10 Dec 2017 at 06:08hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Doctors mull retaliation after allowance cut
THE Salary Services Bureau (SSB) has cut locum allowances for doctors, triggering disgruntlement within the profession, with some health practitioners now considering reducing working hours in protest...Published: 18 Oct 2017 at 06:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt welcomes scientifically based healthcare tariffs proposal
Deputy Health and Childcare Minister Aldrin Musiiwa has commended the Association of Healthcare Funders of Zimbabwe (AHFoZ) and the Zimbabwe Medical Association (ZiMA) for pursuing a scientifically ba...Published: 10 Sep 2017 at 08:45hrs | 1 | by Agencies
Cancer overtakes HIV as top killer
Over 80 percent of cancer cases are diagnosed at end stage in Zimbabwe, amid revelations that an average 5 000 new cases are recorded every year.Underfunding and information gaps are worsening...Published: 15 Jul 2017 at 11:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Doctors' strike enters day 6
OPERATIONS at public hospitals in Bulawayo have been affected as the doctors' strike entered its sixth day yesterday amid calls for them to return to work as negotiations continue.The doct...Published: 22 Feb 2017 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Doctors begin strike
DOCTORS have began their planned strike countrywide in protest over government's failure to honour its pledge to appoint junior doctors and improve their conditions of service. The ...Published: 15 Feb 2017 at 10:18hrs | | by Alice Dube
Harare Central Hospital resumes operations
Harare Central Hospital yesterday claimed that it had resumed all surgical operations after receiving adequate stocks of essential drugs at the weekend. The referral hospital had last week suspend...Published: 20 Sep 2016 at 10:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare Central Hospital authorities are mischievous- Prof Moyo
Zanu PF legendary spin doctor Professor Jonathan Moyo has accused Harare Central Hospitals of having a sinister motive in suspending surgeries indefinitely.On Sunday, Bulawayo24.com reveal...Published: 20 Sep 2016 at 06:33hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
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