Tag: PSMI

West End Hospital reopens next week

Kuda Pembere

WEST END Hospital, a flagship unit of Premier Service Medical Investments (PSMI) will open its doors to the public on May 2 after seven months of closure. By Kuda Pembere This comes as a relief to PSMAS membership which often times would be returned home without getting treatment due to the workers’ strike. The closure was as a result of the company’s employees who complained of salary non-payment with the management then blaming the closure on “cash flow ceilings affecting the major client, Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS).” PSMI…

Read More

PSMI workers camp at Park View Hospital With Pots, Pans and Food Stuffs

Kuda Pembere

THE situation at Premier Service Medical Investments (PSMI) has reached another level as workers have resorted to camping at Park View Hospital as some have been evicted from their homes due to non payment of rentals and bills. By Kudakwashe Pembere The workers have been camped at Park View from February 17, this year. The workers have gone for up to ten months without salaries and allowances resulting in them being evicted by their landlords. On sad note, one employee that had heavily borrowed from people committed suicide after failing…

Read More

Bad Start For PSMI As It Closes More 153 Clinics

News Room

PSMI Leaves Clients Stranded, Shuts 153 Clinics As Workers Down Tools Private healthcare provider Premier Services Medical Investments (PSMI)’s 153 clinics across the country have closed after workers downed tools citing incapacitation. NEWSDAY This was confirmed by PSMI Employee Works Committee chairman Munyaradzi Nharaunda, who told NewsDay that workers have had several fruitless engagements with their employer. Yes, we have downed tools nationwide. The workers were willing to engage, but the employer was not. The last we engaged them, they said they didn’t have anything. We can get back if…

Read More

Govt bails out PSMI and PSMAS

Kuda Pembere

Government has come to the rescue of the embattled Premier Service Medical Investments (PSMI) alongside Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS with a ZWL$4 billion package meant to resurrect the companies’ operations. By Kudakwashe Pembere The money was extended to the Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) which will apportion some of the money to PSMI whose facilities are closing due to incapacitation of workers. In a statement, Public Service Commission Secretary Dr Rosemary Tsitsi Choruma said the money will also be used to settle the four-month salary backlog of…

Read More

PSMI Boss Earns More Than French President Emmanuel Macron And Boris Johnson

Michael Gwarisa

STATE controlled daily newspaper, The Herald has published an article in which they revealed that Premier Service Medical Investments’ (PSMI) boss , Dr Tafadzwa Gutu is living large with a lucrative contract that sees him pocket US$23 000 a month in salary and allowances. By Michael Gwarisa PSMI is the investment arm of the Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) which was established after PSMAS set up PSMI to own its hospitals, clinics and pharmacies so as to offer clinical and curative services to their members at government subsidized rates.…

Read More

Things Fall Apart At PSMI

Healthtimes

EMPLOYEES to the Premier Medical Services Investments (PSMI) have written to government requesting the immediate disbanding of the board and suspension of the entire PSMI directorate for failure to run the organisation professionally. HealthTimes Reporter According to a petition addressed to government by PSMI employees, the organisation’s leadership and it’s board have of late been exuding arrogance and ignorance on the prevailing crisis threatening the existence of the organisation. In an interview with HealthTimes, PSMI employees lawyer, Mr Michael Sambo said it was impossible to move ahead with the current…

Read More

PSMI employees await May salaries

Michael Gwarisa

EMPLOYEES at Premier Medical Aid Investments (PSMI) are yet to receive last month’s salaries with their employer assuring them that they will get it by mid June. By Kudakwashe PembereAn information circular seen by HealthTimes stated that the employees were to receive their May’s earnings this month. “The May 2022 payroll will be processed upon receipt of the Premier Service Medical Ald Society (PSMAS} Employer contribution, which management is currently following up with PSMAS. As per usual cycles, the inflows are expected in the 1st or 2nd week of June…

Read More

Gvt Moves In To Address PSMAS Medical Aid Shortfalls

Michael Gwarisa

THE Zimbabwean government says is engaged in talks with the Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) with the paying capacitating ensuring civil servants who are PSMAS members accessing health services at health institutions of their choice without the need to pay top up fees to service providers. By Michael Gwarisa PSMAS members have been paying a monthly amount subscription rate of US$10.00 which according local health economists in no longer feasible. All along, government has been paying 80% (US$8.00) of the tariff for civil servants, while the civil servant has…

Read More

PSMAS Introduces Chronic Care Program

Healthtimes

IN an effort to improve access to medications for members with chronic medical conditions, Premier Services Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) has introduced a Chronic Medicine Programme with effect from today. (Wednesday, 1 September 2021). Own Correspondent The Chronic Medicine Programme was established to provide a service to members requiring treatment for chronic medical conditions. PSMAS is dedicated to managing chronic medicine use in a manner that is beneficial to the health of members, and to ensuring quality care through holistic member care. The program is designed to benefit both members…

Read More

Parkview Hospital To Offer Cardiac Catheterization

NewsRoom

PREMIER Services Medical Investment subsidiary, Parkview Hospital says it is now focused on offering specialized health services amidsts indications that the centre will be offering cardiac (heart) catheterization and orthopedic services come year end. By Michael Gwarisa The development come in the wake of growing concerns over increased numbbers of people who are travelling outside the country the seek medical treatment in cardiac diseases, renal and other complicated ailments. Speaking on the sidelines of a tour of the Parkview Hospital a subsidiary of PSMI, health and child Care minister, Dr David Parirenyatwa…

Read More