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PSMAS ranked Zimbabwe's worst medical aid provider

The Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) has been ranked the worst-performing medical aid provider in Zimbabwe in a new nationwide survey of doctors conducted by the Zimbabwe Medical Association (ZiMA).The online poll, carried out f…

Published: 14 Aug 2025 at 10:48hrs | 1004 | by Staff reporter

Medical sector warned against illegal disposal of medical waste in Bulawayo

The medical sector in Zimbabwe could soon face legal action following reports of illegal disposal of hazardous medical waste at Bulawayo City Council's Richmond landfill site.Shocking revelations have surfaced that dangerous waste - includ…

Published: 24 Jul 2025 at 09:23hrs | 90 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe will not fund medical treatment in South Africa

Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has ruled out any possibility of government assistance for Zimbabwean citizens seeking medical care in South Africa, citing resource constraints and the need to prioritise domestic healthcare services.Speak…

Published: 23 Jul 2025 at 15:40hrs | 1221 | by Staff reporter

Govt should fix public health, not meddle in private medical practice

This week, Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi announced that the government will keep a close eye on private medical practices, particularly concerning issues of pricing. Predictably, this pronouncement drew …

Published: 18 Jul 2025 at 08:31hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter

Medical waste scandal at Bulawayo's dumpsite

A grave public health threat is festering at Bulawayo's Richmond landfill, commonly known as Ngozi Mine, where hazardous medical waste has been discovered dumped in the open - sparking fears of disease outbreaks and exposing alarming lapse…

Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 11:13hrs | 92 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's medical aid coverage crashes to just 4%

Zimbabwe's healthcare system faces a deepening crisis as health insurance coverage has plummeted to an all-time low, with just 4% of the population currently enrolled in any form of medical aid. The startling figures, drawn from the newly …

Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 18:29hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter

Villagers get free medical care

Hundreds of villagers in Chikomba West constituency received free medical treatment over the weekend as part of the Presidential Medical Care initiative, aimed at improving healthcare access for underserved communities in Zimbabwe.The two-…

Published: 02 Jun 2025 at 09:04hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe launches Presidential Emergency Medical Scheme

The Government of Zimbabwe has launched the Presidential Emergency Medical Scheme in Mutasa District, Manicaland Province, in a major effort to improve healthcare delivery in rural communities. The official launch took place on May 17, 202…

Published: 17 May 2025 at 18:01hrs | 715 | by Staff reporter

China committed to propping up Zimbabwe in medical advancements

China has reiterated its commitment to deepening reciprocal cooperation with Zimbabwe, as the two nations celebrated 40 years of China Medical Teams operating in the country.Speaking at a reception to mark the milestone, Chinese Ambassador…

Published: 10 Mar 2025 at 08:33hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter

Gukurahundi cover-up editor urgently needs medical help

Geoffrey (Geoff) Nyarota is in critical health and urgently requires medical treatment for a trio of serious conditions: cancer, heart disease, and kidney failure. Nyarota, who has a long career in journalism, having edited several promine…

Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 15:54hrs | 746 | by Staff reporter

Hundreds get free medical treatment courtesy of Chiwenga's wife

HUNDREDS of people from Filabusi in Insiza District have gathered at Avoca Clinic to take advantage of free medical services provided under a health outreach programme spearheaded by the family of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga.The in…

Published: 01 Dec 2024 at 12:52hrs | 529 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe military offer free medical support to Tsholotsho

When approached by a man in military uniform at her local hospital on Tuesday afternoon asking how he could help, Mrs Simayedwa Mnkandla of Sipepa area in Tsholotsho was taken aback .By her own admission the 51-year-old woman was surprised…

Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 07:30hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi activists seek medical attention in SA

Opposition Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) members who were released from prison recently have been shipped for medical attention in South Africa.The nine former political prisoners were released recently after being sentenced to three year…

Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:57hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean cardiothoracic surgeons make major medical breakthrough

Three Zimbabwean cardiothoracic surgeons on Tuesday teamed up with a colleague from Spain and successfully carried out an extensive uniportal video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS), the first of its kind in the country.The surgery which be…

Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 05:01hrs | | by Staff reporter

Woman in court over drugs

A 22-YEAR-OLD Harare woman has been charged for unlawful possession of medical drugs.Chipo Neruwana from Mbare Block 14 was granted US$300 bail when she appeared before Harare magistrate Ruth Moyo on Tuesday.State prosecutor Belinda Chimuk…

Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 04:56hrs | | by Staff reporter

Prison officer altered inmate's medical report to claim he's deaf and stall trial

An armed robbery suspect tried to stall his trial by getting a prison officer to alter a medical report to state that he had lost his hearing, a court heard on Wednesday.Witness Nyarupa, 44, of Kambuzuma, was arrested on December 2, 2021, …

Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 12:01hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF member wants govt officials barred from seeking medical attention abroad

Zanu-PF's candidate for the Pelandaba -Tshabalala Constituency by-election, Joseph Tshuma, says if he is elected as the Member of Parliament, he will immediately propose a bill that would prohibit government ministers, including the presid…

Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 18:28hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Govt to cover all medical and funeral costs for Insimbi ZeZhwane members

GOVERNMENT has committed to providing state assistance to the injured Insimbi ZeZhwane band members as well as covering funerals for the two deceased band members â€“ Elvis "Ma Eli" Mathe and Thembinkosi "Maviri" Mpofu.This was said by the…

Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 20:24hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Former football player Chrispen Dickson dies

Former football player Chrispen Dickson "Ngwenya" died yesterday at a medical facility in Ruwa.He was 37.Ngwenya rose from the dusty streets of Mabvuku and he played for Harare City F.C, Simba Bhora F.C and Hwange F C , he was known as one…

Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 21:57hrs | 73 | by Tarisai Mudahondo

Giant Bulawayo medical lab takes shape

Zimbabwe will soon have a state-of-the-art medical laboratory, one of the biggest of its kind in the region, which is expected to go a long way in modernising and revamping the country's health delivery system.The laboratory is being built…

Published: 04 May 2023 at 06:06hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Chinese medical teams show fruits of cooperation

Zimbabwe has been a beneficiary of Chinese health assistance under this framework.Recently, China and Zimbabwe marked the 60th anniversary of China medical teams at a colorful ceremony at the Chinese Embassy in Harare.The event was to comm…

Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 18:56hrs | 2 | by Elma Zhoya

Desperate shortage of places at Zimbabwe medical schools reported

ONLY 1% of students seeking to be enrolled in Zimbabwe's medical schools get placed due to an acute shortage of training facilities, resulting in limited access to such training programmes.Getting a place to train as a doctor, nurse, labor…

Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 05:29hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

'Zimbabwe is ready to export medical oxygen'

Zimbabwe is well on its way to becoming one of the biggest exporters of medical oxygen in the region, President Mnangagwa said last week, referring to the increased production at the multi-million-dollar medical oxygen and industrial gas p…

Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:07hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

Free land for setting up medical parks in Zimbabwe

Free suitable land must be identified for Zimbabweans wishing to set up medical parks, including those in the diaspora, President Mnangagwa has directed, as the country's medical training facilities now rank as the second-best in SADC.The …

Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 04:54hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Mpilo, UBH to get medical equipment

MPILO Central Hospital and United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) are set to receive medical equipment following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the country and Iran.The MoU paved the way for a visit by Iranian doctors to the…

Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter

NUST cleared to start medical school

THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) Faculty of Medicine has been granted Medical School status after meeting international standards, a development that will see it increasing enrolment of medical students thereby cont…

Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:09hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe speeds up medical training

ZIMBABWE is expediting the training of specialist health personnel to produce a critical mass attuned to the needs of the people while at the same time sustaining the country's development momentum that has seen transformative projects bei…

Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 05:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Ndhlovu has cricket world at her feet

The tag "teenage sensation" is carelessly thrown around when a teenager does well in a certain sporting discipline, but at just 16 years old, a young all-rounder has become a vital cog of the Zimbabwe women's cricket national team and is o…

Published: 01 Oct 2022 at 06:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Chiwenga launches medical strategy

THE Government of Zimbabwe has launched the National Surgical, Obstetric and Anaesthesia Strategy (NSOAS) for the period 2022 to 2025, becoming the fifth African nation and ninth in the world to have such a policy. Vice President General (…

Published: 01 Oct 2022 at 06:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe medical aid societies defend service charges

MEDICAL aid service providers yesterday said they were forced to make monthly adjustments to the cost of their services as a survival strategy owing to exchange rate disparities.Association of Health Funders of Zimbabwe (AHFoZ) chief execu…

Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Medical equipment gathers dust at UBH

WHILE patients countrywide are complaining that public health institutions are running without enough equipment and medication, some donated equipment at Bulawayo United Hospitals (UBH) has been gathering dust since last year.The donations…

Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 06:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

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 and breach of corporate governance guidel…

Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

SA minister puts medical profession to shame

A VIDEO trended Tuesday of a South African provincial minister raging at the extra burden Zimbabwean migrants â€“ many of them illegal â€“ are imposing on already overstretched healthcare services in Africa's second biggest economy.Phophi …

Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:53hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Village heads to get funeral and medical assistance

Village heads will soon receive funeral and medical assistance from the government, as some could not access medical facilities due to lack of resources.Chiefs, headmen and village heads earn different salaries and although village heads a…

Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 18:41hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimdollar medical aid cards rejected

Thousands of patients have been left stranded after private health institutions started rejecting medical policies paid in local currency.Private medical practitioners rejecting medical aid facilities paid in Zimbabwe dollars are citing in…

Published: 22 May 2022 at 19:22hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Injured Zimbabwean civil servants fail to pay medical bills

ACCIDENT victims injured in an accident that happened in Kariba on Independence Day are failing to pay medicals bills prompting some residents to cry foul.Two Kariba residents Maxton Kanhema and Samson Coffee have since approached Mashonal…

Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Top medical firm in labour, tax evasion storm

ONE of Zimbabwe's oldest and major private medical services provider, Baines Imaging Group is embroiled in a nasty fight with serving and former employees, who are accusing the institution of externalisation funds and tax evasion.The disgr…

Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:21hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Doctors want share in medical facilities

Medical practitioners are lobbying the government to give doctors 51% shareholding at medical facilities in order to allow fair practice in the medical sector.This came to light after there was an increase in the number of ill-treatment co…

Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:24hrs | | by Staff reporter

Chiwenga blocks release of Marry's medical affidavit

A Harare court Monday heard that Marry Mubaiwa, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife is failing to get medical affidavits to show the court as doctors fear the former army General.This was revealed by Marry's lawyer Beatric…

Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 18:27hrs | 10 | 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 sectors.The ASU plant was launched by Pres…

Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:19hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Medical practitioners trained outside Zimbabwe told to register

Medical and dental practitioners training outside the country have been encouraged to register for training in Zimbabwe for them to familiarise with the local system before they can practise. The Medical and Dental Practitioners' Council o…

Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:13hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Arrest warrant issued for 'unlicensed' medical doctor

A MEDICAL doctor from Bulawayo arrested for allegedly practising without a valid licence from the Medical and Dental Practitioners Council of Zimbabwe has absconded court. The court has since issued a warrant of arrest for the medical prac…

Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Medical experts in dilemma over COVID-19 variants

HEALTH experts yesterday warned that the current COVID-19 vaccination programme might not effectively deal with the new mutants of the coronavirus.They said most of the vaccines currently in use were factory-made last year using a structur…

Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 06:16hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

MSU medical school launches stroke unit

THE Midlands State University (MSU) has joined hands with the Partnership for Education Training and Research Advancement (PETRA) to launch a stroke unit at the Gweru Provincial Hospital.The project is being implemented by the MSU faculty …

Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Govt makes U-turn on medical insurance

GOVERNMENT is set to establish a new authority under the Health ministry to regulate the operations of medical aid societies, in a departure from an earlier Cabinet decision to place them under the stewardship of the Insurance and Pensions…

Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:37hrs | 1 | 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' failure to settle claims.Medical prac…

Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 09:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

China donates US$1,2m medical supplies to Zimbabwe

ZIMBABWE in the past year managed to reduce maternal deaths in Chimanimani and Chipinge districts by 46 percent following interventions by the Government in partnership with the Chinese Government and the United Nations Population Fund (UN…

Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 06:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Medical aid societies hike fees

Zimbabweans seeking health care will have to fork out more for health insurance as medical aid societies have hiked contributions over the last few months for members paying in local currency. Some of the schemes have increased contributio…

Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

How can a person qualify for the medical use of marijuana

The use of medical marijuana has been steadily growing in recent years as more and more research comes out in support of its use as an effective and safe alternative medicine to traditional over-the-counter medications. Medical marijuana i…

Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 20:01hrs | 33 | by Allen Brown

Only 10% of Zimbabweans on medical aid

INSURANCE and Pensions Commission (Ipec) commissioner Grace Muradzikwa says medical cover in the country is not working for the majority of Zimbabweans.Only one in 10 Zimbabweans have medical cover in a country of over 14 million people.Th…

Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

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