Tag: CIMAS MEDLABS

CIMAS Health Group Expands Service Provision Into Tertiary Care

Michael Gwarisa

By Staff Reporter Cimas Health Group Chief Executive Officer Mr Vuli Ndlovu has said the year 2023 was a busy one as they moved ahead valiantly with the healthcare strategy rollout expanding their service provision scope from primary care into tertiary care. Mr Ndlovu made the remarks on Thursday in his address at the 79th edition of Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Members of Cimas Medical Aid Society at Borrowdale Office Park in Harare. During the year under review, (2023) the Group commissioned nine units across five disciplines and in…

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New CIMAS Gene Sequencing Technology To Revolutionize Early Detection Of Cancer and Lifestyle Diseases In Zimbabwe

Michael Gwarisa

By Michael Gwarisa In a bid to improve detection and treatment of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and other lifestyle diseases in Zimbabwe, CIMAS Medical Aid Society has procured a Genetic Sequencing device that is set to be a game changer in Zimbabwe’s public health system. The Gene Sequencer is a fairly new technology in Zimbabwe, with CIMAS’s laboratory division MEDLABS, being one of the few organisations in possession of the technology in the country. The technology screens for underlying health issues and disease susceptibility in different populations.   Speaking in an…

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Cimas MEDLABS Retools laboratories To Enhance Results Turnaround Time

Michael Gwarisa

THE country’s top provider of diagnostic and medical laboratory services, Cimas MEDLABS has embarked on a project to renovate and re-equip its laboratories to ensure that tests are offered onsite in a bid to provide timely results across the country. Cimas MEDLABS is a designated Health Institution by the Medical Laboratory and Clinical Scientists Association of Zimbabwe that provides several pathology tests including haematology, biochemistry, histology, microbiology, viral load and bone marrow aspirate to Cimas member and non-member patients referred by the primary healthcare clinics and private doctors. The Cimas…

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