#BREAKING: Dr Aspect Maunganidze Appointed New Health Ministry Perm Sec
Zimbabwe’s President, Emerson Mngangagwa has appointed Dr Aspect Maunganidze the new Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC). Dr Maunganidze replaces Dr Jasper Chimedza who served as the ministry’s Permanent secretary from 2022 to October, 2023. His appointment according to the Press Statement, is with immediate effect.
Read MoreDoctors and Nurses receive training on Drager’s MRI anesthesia machine
Doctors and nurses received training on the safe use and installation of the anesthesia device used alongside the Magnetic Resonance Imaging machine at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals. By Kuda Pembere The training was facilitated by officials from Drager Germany headquartered company and its local distributor PCD Diagnostics. Â About 16 nurses and doctors underwent the one-day
Read MoreUZ International Centre for Surgical Simulation holds second international training
A second training workshop for minimal invasive surgery or laparoscopic surgery is underway at the University of Zimbabwe International Centre for Surgical Simulation (UZICSS), with students in Zimbabwe getting knowledge from other experts from the UK, Kenya, Tanzania and the US. By Kudakwashe Pembere With Professor Bijendra Patel returning to the country to teach this
Read MoreZim Surgeons Ready To Clear 4000 Children’s Open Heart Surgeries Backlog
With about 4 000 children on the waiting list for open heart surgeries, plans are afoot to perform this type of operation in the coming weeks at public health institutions, HealthTimes has learned. By Kuda Pembere The open-heart surgeries on children come at an opportune time saving parents the time and money they spend while
Read MoreMCAZ seizes illegal cough syrups BronCleer and Adco-Salterpyn
The Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) yesterday impounded 450 bottles of cough syrups in Belvedere, Harare. By Kuda Pembere and Nthokozo Gudu The Authority working with CID drugs and narcotics confiscated bottles of BronCleer and Adco-Salterpyn which are unregistered medical products in the country during a raid in the area. After an anonymous tipoff,
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