Source: Suspension of doctors misplaced and reckless – The Zimbabwean
In the United Kingdom alone more than 3000 Zimbabwean doctors are employed there: way more than the total compliment in the motherland.
The country has around 62 registered physicians with less than ten resident in Matabeleland and Midlands. Each of these has a share of at least 225 000 patients while most small towns have never had a resident physician.
These are the issues requiring action as Zimbabwe needs to invest in training, retention and combating brain drain.
Issues being raised by the medical practitioners are legitimate and reasonable.
The Doctors want the ratio between patients and clinical personnel reduced, drugs procured and health facilities improved. All these are selfless demands meant to save the lives of Zimbabweans yet the government is happy with a cosmetic appearance of Doctors at work while unable to save lives let alone serve the patients.
The scare tactics have angered the profession and every other practitioner initially not part of the industrial action has joined in placing the lives of Zimbabweans in even worse risk.
The government must reverse these suspensions forthwith and negotiate in good faith.
Lives of citizens are at stake.
Behold the New. Change that delivers!
Jacob Mafume
MDC National Spokesperson
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