Tag: SENIOR DOCTORS

Asking For USD Salaries Is Insane, Gvt Tells Senior Doctors

Michael Gwarisa

THE Acting Permanent secretary in the ministry of health and child care (MoHCC) Dr Gibson Mhlanga has described demands by senior doctors to have their salaries paid in United States Dollars (USD) as insanity. By Michael Gwarisa In a response to a letter that was penned by the Zimbabwe Senior Hospital Doctors Association’s (SHDA) executive where they gave government a 14 days ultimatum to fix the salaries issue and shortage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Dr Mhlanga said the US salary route was unsustainable and proven failed option. Senior Doctors…

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Senior Doctors To Down Tools Over Lack Of Protective Equipment As More Health Workers Test Positive For COVID-19

Michael Gwarisa

ZIMBABWE’S senior doctors have given government up to July, 29, 2020 to resolve the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) shortage in the wake of a raging Coronavirus disease which has infected more than 1000 people in the country. By Michael Gwarisa The country currently has 1089 COVID-19 cases and of these cases, 18 are health personnel from various health institutions in the country largely due to lack of adequate PPE, a move which has pushed the specialist doctors to consider downing tools. In a letter directed to the Ministry of Health…

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