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Girls as young as 10-years-old are having babies in SA
Shocking statistics revealed recently that over 4,000 girls in the Eastern Cape have given birth in the past four months.The Eastern Department of Health (DOH) said 97 of these girls were aged...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 21:06hrs | 715 | by Staff reporter
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 | 393 | by Staff reporter
Russian flight paramedic instructors Zimbabwe - bound
Russian flight paramedic instructors are expected in the country this week to start training local air ambulance personnel, paving the way for the launch of Zimbabwe's first national air ambulance ser...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 10:32hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
1 ambulance for Parirenyatwa
ZIMBABWE'S largest referral hospital, Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals, which services Harare and other nearby provinces, has been operating with only one functional ambulance, reflecting the country's...Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 20:40hrs | 13 | 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 | 11 | 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 | 9 | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
5-year-old from Zimbabwe undergoes successful liver transplant
A five-year-old boy from Zimbabwe who was suffering from respiratory failure due to oxygen bypassing his lungs successfully underwent a liver transplant at Gurugram's Artemis Hospital.Accordin...Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 19:36hrs | 1 | 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 | 5 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Covid-19 hospitalisation rises
THE number of Covid-19 hospitalised patients countrywide has started rising with statistics indicating that there were 260 in hospital on Friday up from only 17 cases a fortnight ago.Bulawayo'...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:01hrs | 8 | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's helicopter was forced to return to Harare after failing to land in Mutare
PRESIDENT Emerson Mnangagwa's helicopter was forced to return to Harare after failing to land in Mutare due to thick fog which led to security personnel raise fears it could crash in the mountainous b...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 08:59hrs | 10 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Deputy Minister owes his life to the jab
"Vaccination saved my life," is the message from Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Deputy Minister Kindness Paradza gave on Friday to residents of Mhangura constituency. Paradza said he...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 06:36hrs | | 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
Shona Ferguson fighting for life in ICU
Filmmaker Shona Ferguson is reported to be fighting for his life at a private hospital in Johannesburg after he struggled to breathe and complained of chest pains at home. The actor underwent ...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 06:37hrs | | 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
Khally flies Zimbabwe flag high in Canada
BULAWAYO-BASED film producer and director Khaliphile "Khally" Sibanda is set to raise the country's flag high after her play He Doesn't Have a Backbone was recently selected for the forthcoming Women ...Published: 29 Jun 2021 at 19:05hrs | 1 | 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 | 9 | 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 | 7 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Muchadeyi Masunda daughter, Dr Sindi van Zyl dies in hospital
Former Kaya FM presenter, medical doctor and life coach Dr Sindisiwe van Zyl died on Saturday morning at a Gauteng hospital, her family said in a statement today.Dr Sindi was daughter to forme...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
President John Pombe Magufuli's demise: how Africa was sold a dummy!
The female President of Tanzania: Madame Samia Suluhu Hassan took office with crystal clear aims and objectives: to take drastic steps of combating the Sars-Covid 2 pandemic. She ordered the wearing o...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 21:37hrs | 8 | by Nomazulu Thata
African universities' science A faculties a mockery
AFRICAN universities should discontinue their science faculties and concentrate their financial resources on the development of the arts, histories and music than misrepresent the sciences through pre...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:16hrs | 2 | by Reinford Khumalo
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
Mthuli Ncube rubbished on Covid 19 vaccines
Finance Minister Mthuli made some somersault on Zimpapers Television Network (ZTN) yesterday after Zimbabwean citizens rubbished the move planned by his ministry which required citizens to pay for Don...Published: 04 Feb 2021 at 14:11hrs | | by Shelton Muchena
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 | 9 | 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
Pharmacies can operate beyond business times set under the current hard lockdown
Pharmacies have been given the green light to operate beyond business times set under the current hard lockdown.Covid-19 national task force deputy Amon Murwirwa said that pharmacies offer ess...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | 1 | 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 | 1 | 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 | 5 | by Staff reporter
Transport mogul Munhenzva dies of Covid-19
Transport mogul, Regis Munhenzva, the president of the Zimbabwe Long-Distance Bus Operators Association, has died.Family spokesperson and a nephew of the late Munhenzva, Lloyd, confirmed to ZI...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 13:45hrs | 10 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
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
Trumpism - Why Chamisa must shape up on Covid-19 - part 3
In this coronavirus pandemic season, Nelson Chamisa is as good as the politics he plays, meaning he either shapes up or seals his own fate to political doom just like US President Donald Trump did....Published: 05 Jan 2021 at 07:54hrs | 1 | by Grace Kwinjeh
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 | 3 | 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 | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo records increase in Covid-19 admissions
MPILO Central Hospital has recorded an increase in the number of admissions at its Covid-19 isolation ward with reports that some of the patients are dying either waiting to be tested or waiting for t...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 06:50hrs | 6 | 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
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