Zimbabwe AIDS Network (ZAN) has expressed concern over health workers' salaries which they said have since lost 'purchasing power' if the face of the current economic situation which has seen prices of basic commodities skyrocketing while the RTGs continue to lose value. ZAN acknowledges that like
Mpilo Central Hospital, the second largest referral centre in the country is facing a serious shortage of junior medical staff after the Ministry of Health and Child Care failed to deploy the expected number of doctors. Ordinarily, the Ministry of Health at the beginning of the
Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) has appealed to the Ministry of Health and Child Care to honour its pledge to pay doctors in US dollar currency saying the currency methods of payment is being eroded by the fluctuating inflation. The Doctors' Association wrote a letter of
According to the ZHDA, the least paid doctor is earning a paltry $300 in local currency, a figure which cannot sustain their lives and they want the government to pay in US dollars.
The stalemate in negotiations has led to a prolonged job action by the doctors, leading to compromised health care. This, in turn, has led to serious suffering and pain by patients and unfortunate loss of lives in the country.
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