Category: Health News

Doctors Unfazed By Disciplinary Action

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ZIMBABWE Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) says  Government’s firing of 77 doctors who declared incapacitation 64 days ago would bot stop the job action nor bring food on the tables of medical practitioners. By Kudakwashe Pembere In an interview, Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association treasurer general Dr Tapiwa Mungofa said they loved to continue negotiating. But the Health Service Board has shown that it is negotiating in bad faith,” he said. In a statement, the association for junior doctors said HSB had shot itself on the foot. “Whilst the Zimbabwean citizens and…

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#BREAKING: Gvt Fires 77 Medical Doctors

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MINISTER of Information and Broadcasting Services Senator Monica Mutsvagwa has announced that 77 doctors have been fired by government following the Labour Court ruling declaring the job action illegal. By Michael Gwarisa and Kudakwashe Pembere Briefing a post cabinet press briefing on Tuesday, Minister Mutsvangwa said firing the doctors was within the confines of the country’s health laws and Constitution. Cabinet was informed by the Minister of Health and Child Care that the public hospital doctors strike had gone beyond 63 days.  Medical services in most central hospitals therefore remain…

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iPhone Introduces Period Emoji To Demystify Menstruation

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VISITS from “Aunt Flow” during “that time of month” are officially over — along with all the other euphemisms that people use to secretly talk about their menstrual cycle. The long-awaited period “drop of blood” emoji is finally available on iPhone keyboards in “a real breakthrough” in fighting the stigma around menstruation — and advocates say it’s about time we got this bloody conversation started. As a part of Apple’s iOS 13.2 update, the tech giant released a set of 350 brand-new emojis including mixed-race couples, gender-neutral individuals, people with…

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Senior Council Management Threaten Nurses To Return To Work

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NURSES from all council clinics in Harare downed tools this morning citing incapacitation as the major reason behind the move. By Michael Gwarisa According to nurses who spoke to HealthTimes, top officials in the City of Harare were today moving around clinics threatening the nurses to return to work or face disciplinary action. Council has been ignoring our incapacitation please over the few months and this has worsened our living standards as we can no longer afford to meet our basic daily needs such as food, rentals, transport among others.…

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Dump Disciplinary Action and Pursue Dialogue With Doctors-Gvt Warned

Michael Gwarisa

INSTITUTING disciplinary action on striking doctors would only worsen an already fragile health system in Zimbabwe, health experts have warned. By Michael Gwarisa Junior doctors in Zimbabwe abandoned their workstations early September, 2019 citing incapacitation as a result of the meagre wages which they say can hardly sustain their daily needs. Government has since declared the job action illegal through a Labour Court victory but this however, has not moved the striking doctors with the medical practitioners maintaining that they are still incapacitated and a court order was not useful…

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Nyakuchena Youth Centre, Reduces Child Marriages In Mudzi

Michael Gwarisa

JOURNEY of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Having been established in 2005, Nyakuchena Youth Centre has become a source of refuge and escape from the evil world by most young people, especially adolescent boys and girls in Mudzi whose daily lives are constantly threatened by their surroundings. By Michael Gwarisa recently In Mudzi Just like any other broader community, Mudzi is susceptible to numerous health woes which include Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), high HIV infections and sex work. Without mechanisms in place to help fight these challenges,…

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New diabetes hospital for Zim

Michael Gwarisa

LIONS Club Zimbabwe is planning to build a specialised clinic in Harare to curb diabetes. Michael Gwarisa This comes as the chronic disease, characterised by elevated levels of blood glucose leading over time to serious damage to the heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys, and nerves, is claiming more people in Zimbabwe. Over the past two years, the country has recorded over 200 000 diabetes cases attributed to unhealthy snacking and poor lifestyles, which has resulted in the country being named one of heavily burdened countries in the region Jona Orama…

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#BREAKING: Striking Doctors Snub Disciplinary Hearing

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STRIKING doctors have snubbed the disciplinary hearings on Friday insisting that demanding fair wages is lawful. By Kudakwashe Pembere Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association Treasury General Dr Tapiwa Mungofa told HealthTimes they are financially crippled to attend the hearings. Doctors cannot and are not going to attend the disciplinary hearings because they don’t believe they committed any crime by being broke,” he said. He added they cannot afford transport to go for the disciplinary hearings. “And also the mere fact that doctors are incapacitated means they will not even afford the…

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52 UZ Medical Students Told To Abandon Degree And Pursue Other Programs

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CLOSE to 52 second year medical students from the University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences feel unfairly treated for being told to discontinue their program after their request to rewrite a course was disapproved. By Kudakwashe Pembere A letter in possession of HealthTimes written to the students advised them to join a different program. I regret to advise you that you have not been granted approval to repeat AT2M/AT2DM. you are therefore advised to discontinue and apply to join a different program,” said the institution’s deputy registrar Dr Blessing…

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Harare Hospital Mulls Simulation-Based Medical Education

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HARARE Central Hospital (HCH) is planning to establish an innovation and simulation hub to equip nursing students and staff in latest medical learning trends. By Kudakwashe Pembere In an interview with HealthTimes, HCH Clinical Director Dr Christopher Pasi said the simulation-based medical education (SBME) will help students and staff a great deal in reducing medical errors. The innovation and simulation hub will help students and staff by having a virtual learning system where resources will be available online. They will be helped in things like setting up of equipment. This…

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