Day: July 11, 2020

#BREAKING: Gvt Hospitals Bosses Fired, HSB Says Its Restructuring

Michael Gwarisa

ZIMBABWE’S public health institutions could be running on auto pilot amidst indications that all Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) in government hospitals have been dismissed under what the Health Services Board (HSB) has described as a restructuring exercise. By Michael Gwarisa In an interview with HealthTimes, HSB Board Chair Paulinos Sikhosana said the restructuring was meant to bring sanity in all public health institutions. There is a  restructuring going to improve efficiency effectiveness and integrity, so that’s the only statement that I can tell you,” said Dr Sikhosana before he hung…

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#JUSTIN: Two Parirenyatwa Hospital Employees Test Positive For COVID-19

Michael Gwarisa

TWO out of 26 members of staff at Parirenyatwa Hospital, who had just completed their shifts in the institution’s COVID-19 center have tested positive for COVID-19, HealthTimes has learnt. By Michael Gwarisa In a statement, the institution said those who tested positive were immediately quarantined to avoid further spreading the disease. Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals would like to inform the public that two out of 26 staff members who had completed one of their shifts in our COVID-19 Centre tested positive for SARS-Cov-2. “Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals has three teams…

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#JUSTIN: Many Could Die, As Zimbabweans Fail To Access Health Services

Michael Gwarisa

THOUSANDS of desperate Zimbabweans were this week left without public health services for the third week as health care workers continued striking, amid growing fears that many will be left to die as a worsening crisis in the health care sector takes its toll, warns Citizens Heath Watch (CHW). By HealthTimes Correspondent  This week, 18 health care workers at the government run, referral hospital United Bulawayo Hospitals tested positive for Covid 19, as nurses at public institutions countrywide continue to withhold their services making the plight of Zimbabweans more challenging,…

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