THE tears and emotion of one specialist consultant are more than just that. These are tears that capture the decay of our healthcare delivery over the past 20 years. Yes, Dr Azza Mashumba’s tears captured the dire situation with drugs, medicines, basic consumables and equipment in our public hospitals. [GoogleAd] As of 2000 per capita…
THERE is nothing amiss about the split of political parties, churches, football or other sporting teams, partnerships, corporates, or any voluntary organisation for that matter. While for the most, splits are the result of irreconcilable differences; they equally can be the result of an amicable search for growth, organic reproduction, symbiotic demand, or a variety…
LIKE most 12-year-old girls of her age, Primrose Moyo — who has pale skin due to a pigment disorder that barely protects the skin from the sun’s radiation — used to enjoy playing outside with her friends even when the sun was blazing hot. The bubbly Primrose, who is living with albinism, and her mates,…
WHEN former president Robert Mugabe was swept away through a popular coup, the world celebrated the departure of an “evil dictator”. Many hoped for a fresh start but that dream remains elusive for victims of Gukurahundi, a dark phase in the country’s history when an estimated 20 000 people were killed. So far President Emmerson…
ZIMBABWE is ranked amongst the most corrupt nations in the world. It is often said that the well-heeled who are corrupt have their way of escaping the long arm of the law, hence it is essentially the “small fish” that go to prison. [GoogleAd] But once in prison, correctional employees are expected to turn offenders…
Not many people are able to handle just the sight of a lifeless body around them, worse still if it is not that of a relative or friend. [GoogleAd] For funeral directors, dead bodies are their stock in trade. Talk to any undertaker or staff who work for funeral parlours, they all have fascinating stories…
Growing up full of zest to one day become a leader, counsellor and role model to some, Poniso Watema has persevered and conquered her space in society, becoming the only female principal in Zimbabwe’s eight polytechnic colleges. [GoogleAd] The principled and result-oriented Watema has dared the country’s education sector, taking the bull by its horns…
Public and private hospitals can collaborate and complement to deliver healthcare. This article examines one example of public–private complementarity in practice. [GoogleAd] Public hospitals are state owned while private hospitals are under private ownership. The relationship between Citimed Chitungwiza Hospital and Chitungwiza General Hospital is worth mentioning because of positive health outcomes it has…
Sickness has no respect of affluence and it befalls us all. At a given point in time, we may not all be in a position to cover the medical bills associated with such sickness and to guard against that some may decide to take medical insurance. [GoogleAd] Whenever one visits the doctor, a claim form is completed…
Zimbabwe’s prolonged crisis has not only polarised society but it has simultaneously sown a pervasive sense of doubt, suspicion, mistrust and even indifference on anything political, especially when it has to do with Zanu PF government. [GoogleAd] The current national dialogue as initiated by President Emmerson Mnangagwa has unavoidably suffered the same fate. There are…
