The Zimbabwe Hospitals Doctors’ Association (ZHDA) and Government reached an agreement on the salary negotiations on Wednesday between consultants representing doctors and Acting President, Retired General Constantino Chiwenga, who was accompanied by Vice President Kembo Mohadi.
In a statement by ZHDA yesterday, Acting President Chiwenga promised the doctors an increment of on-call allowances from $1, 50 to $5 per hour, an increase in rural medical allowances, for Government to withdraw its statement advising cessation of salaries and ensure that there is no victimisation of doctors. Part of the statement reads:
Consultants informed the ZHDA executive that they had met Acting President Chiwenga and VP Mohadi and they resolved to immediately rescind the letter advising cessation of salaries. This means that every doctor on industrial action is to get their full salary.
The Acting President also promised to increase our on call allowances from $1,50 to $5 per hour, while there is a road map to ultimately increase it to $10 per hour. This means that from the current $360 per month of on call, interns are set to earn $800 per month of on call allowance.
ZHDA spokesperson, Dr Mxolisi Ngwenya, yesterday told The Chronicle they consulted their members, who said they are waiting to see the promises in print.
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