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Trainee nurse disappears over fake O' Level certificate

Authorities at Gutu Mission Hospital were left shocked after a final-year trainee nurse allegedly fled the institution overnight upon learning that a verification exercise for O' Level certificates was about to begin.Sources told The Mirro…

Published: 29 Oct 2025 at 05:05hrs | 985 | by Staff reporter

Lies about injured nurse exposed

Government claims of supporting an injured rural nurse have been exposed as misleading after the nurse, Progress Muzuva, produced receipts and medical records showing she has been paying her own medical bills for years.Muzuva sustained fra…

Published: 17 Aug 2025 at 11:29hrs | | by Staff reporter

Nurse injured on duty, betrayed by Mnangagwa's govt

Progress Muzuva, a nurse at Bikita Rural Hospital in Masvingo province, remains bedridden and without adequate medical care or compensation seven years after suffering serious injuries inflicted by a violent maternity patient while on duty…

Published: 04 Aug 2025 at 08:54hrs | | by Staff reporter

Public outrage forces Ministry to assist nurse injured in 2018

The Ministry of Health and Child Care has broken its silence following a wave of public concern and media coverage surrounding the plight of Ms. Progress Muzuva, a former nurse who sustained injuries while on duty in 2018 and is now seekin…

Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 20:47hrs | 497 | by Staff reporter

Khupe demands transparency in Mpilo Nursing school admissions

Bulawayo proportional representation legislator Thokozani Khupe has raised alarm over what she described as a lack of transparency and fairness in the selection of students at Mpilo School of Nursing, calling for urgent government interven…

Published: 23 Jul 2025 at 09:20hrs | | by Staff reporter

Maphisa Hospital set for major upgrade, to train nurses

Plans are underway to transform Maphisa Hospital into a functional nurse training centre, in a move aimed at revitalising the healthcare system and fast-tracking development in Matabeleland South province.The announcement was made by Provi…

Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 12:10hrs | | by Staff reporter

Nurses clash with Parirenyatwa over US$150 graduation fee

A storm is brewing at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals as graduate nurses demand clarity and flexibility over a mandatory US$150 graduation and administration fee - insisting that being forced to pay in United States dollars is unfair and e…

Published: 03 Jun 2025 at 09:25hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe denies blocking nurses from leaving country

Zimbabwe's Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr. Douglas Mombeshora, has dismissed reports alleging that the Government is deliberately withholding certificates of good standing (CGS) to prevent over 4,000 nurses from seeking employment a…

Published: 21 May 2025 at 15:43hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's Ministry of Health warns public about nurse recruitment scam

The Ministry of Health and Child Care has issued a warning to the public about fraudulent individuals posing as facilitators for nurse recruitment in Zimbabwe. The scam is reportedly being orchestrated by an individual calling herself "Sis…

Published: 05 Apr 2025 at 10:06hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter

Viral video of Zimbabwean patient and SA nurses' clash sparks outrage

A ZIMBABWE patient's encounter with South African nurses has sparked widespread debate and outrage after a video went viral on social media.The footage, allegedly recorded at a medical facility in Midrand, shows the patient demanding a tra…

Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 10:23hrs | | by Staff reporter

Nurse, maid robbed at knife point

A Bindura nurse and her housemaid were robbed by two knife-wielding robbers.Ellen Mandivini (33) was left counting her losses after losing US$305 and her mobile phone, while her maid, Milcah Tembo (26), also had her mobile phone stolen.The…

Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 21:57hrs | 1104 | by Simbarashe Sithole

Zimbabwean nurse aid robs Ireland pensioners

"LOCK them up for a long time because they are evil," were the words of one of six vulnerable pensioners preyed on by their former carer for Euro 34 000 in violent burglaries in Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Ireland last year.Precious Moyo (38),…

Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 12:13hrs | 1003 | by Staff reporter

Robbers pounce on Nurse

A Plumtree-based nurse lost her mobile phone to robbers who pounced on her while she was on night duty at Gumbo clinic.The robbers Rueben Moyo (25) and David Nkomo (25) misrepresented to the nurse that they had brought a pregnant woman who…

Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 11:34hrs | 12 | by Simbarashe Sithole

Nurse recruitment bottlenecks handicap Zimbabwean women

She lay on the ground facing the sky, hoping for a miracle to happen.Different hymns could be heard in her mind and heart, as she tried to get answers on this particular "curse.""Why do my dreams keep being shattered. An interior monologue…

Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 11:20hrs | | by Staff reporter

Nurse aide certificate rescues thousands from Zimbabwe poverty

THOUSANDS of Zimbabweans, mostly healthcare workers, are leaving Zimbabwe for the United Kingdom in search of greener pastures at a time many locals are struggling to cope with the country's relentless economic, social and political crises…

Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 19:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Drama as nurse fails marriage test

THERE was drama in Hatfield last Wednesday when a female nurse locked the gate and ran for cover when her two lovers arrived at the same time to expose her unfaithfulness.Chipo Lucia Danha, 38, was trapped by her lover Kevin Forget Makolom…

Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 12:44hrs | | by Staff Reporter

Driver, nurse, patients die in ambulance accident

A Karoi District Hospital ambulance driver, an escort nurse and two patients died after the ambulance they were travelling in collided with a two-tonne truck that was travelling to Kariba at the 196-kilometre-peg along Harare-Chirundu high…

Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 18:06hrs | | by Staff reporter

Supreme Court slashes money due from fatal accident nurse

THE Supreme Court has slashed an award of US$16 525 which was granted as compensation for loss and funeral expenses to the family of a nine-year-old boy who was fatally knocked down by a Gwanda nurse. Ms Sithandazile Mpofu (33), a nurse at…

Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter

Fatal accident nurse fights High Court ruling

A GWANDA nurse who fatally knocked down a nine-year-old boy has approached the Supreme Court challenging a decision by the High Court ordering her to pay the deceased's parents US$16 525 as compensation for their loss and funeral expenses.…

Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:13hrs | 1 | 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.The Zimbabwe Nurses' Association (Zina) wr…

Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter

Alleged rape victim was 'a v-rgin'

A nineteen-year-old house- maid who was allegedly raped by Zimbabwe National Army Lieutenant-Colonel Rangarirai Kembo was a v-rgin and was also allegedly sodomised by the army boss, the court heard yesterday.Giving testimony in the case at…

Published: 31 Aug 2017 at 06:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Nurse contradicts 'rape victim' testimony

A NURSE, who examined a 19-year-old maid allegedly raped by a top army officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Rangarirai Kembo, yesterday told the court that the complainant appeared stable and that was not consistent with a rape victim when she atte…

Published: 31 Aug 2017 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter

Govt unfreezes 2 000 nursing posts

GOVERNMENT has begun deploying unemployed nurses to various work stations across the country following the unfreezing of 2 000 posts, the Health Services Board (HSB) has said.The deployments were being done in three phases. The first group…

Published: 22 Apr 2017 at 10:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Nurse caught selling expired drugs

A SISTER-IN-CHARGE at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH)'s Forester Ward appeared at the Bulawayo Magistrates' Court last week facing charges of selling expired Amphotericin B drugs to a patient.Patricia Malemane Dube (59) of New Magwegwe…

Published: 10 Mar 2014 at 05:15hrs | | by Staff reporter

Bonded jobless Zimbabwe nurses can sue the government

LEGAL experts have described the failure by the Government to provide employment to thousands of bonded nurses as illegal.This comes as the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare is continuing negotiations with the Ministry of Finance for th…

Published: 31 Jul 2011 at 06:29hrs | | by .

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