Medical workers have bemoaned the impact of the brain drain in the country's healthcare sector as this has compromised the quality of services rendered. This comes after Parirenyatwa hospital confirmed a shortage of midwives at its maternity wing. In an interview with 263Chat, Zimbabwe Professional Nurses Union
The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Nick Mangwana has defended the move by government to recruit doctors through the security sectors of the army, police and prison services saying this was standard practice. The idea that doctors could get employment
Medical doctors have expressed concern over what they are frustrating measures introduced by the government to reduce brain drain in the country amid reports that health workers are growing impatient with the economic situation in the country and seeking greener pastures abroad. The ministry of health
The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) has expressed concern over government’s insincerity on the plight of workers while condemning criminalization of trade unionism in the country. In a statement the coalition said they are concerned with lack of genuineness of the government in addressing the plight
Doctors have argued that the country has not yet managed to control the COVID-19 pandemic despite recording a major decrease in active cases recently. The Senior Hospital Doctors Association (SHDA) spokesperson Aaron Musara claimed that the decrease in the number of confirmed cases could be a
The Chinese doctor who first warned his government of the coronavirus outbreak but had his claims dismissed has died of the virus, Global Times has confirmed. Li Wenliang, who had first shared suspicion of the illness spreading in Wuhan, died on yesterday after he was infected
Junior doctors have ended their more than hundred days industrial action and have resumed their duties at all public hospitals, Parirenyatwa Hospital Public Relations Officer Linos Dhire has told 263Chat. Dhire said the junior doctors were already conducting their duties, a position that was confirmed by
Following HigherLife Foundation initiative to assist government towards payment of doctors salaries, 362 practitioners have reportedly returned to work, 263Chat can report. In an interview with 263Chat during the launch of Support Our Hospitals Initiative, HigherLife Foundation chief executive officer, Dr Kennedy Mubaiwa confirmed that of
The Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) has castigated government for lacking seriousness in dealing with the doctors strike now in its third month. This follows the failure by the government to resolve the salary impasse with striking doctors, a situation which has forced
Striking doctors have now pinned their hopes on Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, who recently returned from China where he was receiving treatment, to resume negotiations for better salaries. In an interview with 263Chat, Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA), Treasurer General Dr Tapiwa Mungofa said Chiwenga's return
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