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Murwira Says Hospitals Should Not Insist On COVID-19 Certificates

3 years agoMon, 03 Aug 2020 11:30:04 GMT
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Murwira Says Hospitals Should Not Insist On COVID-19 Certificates

Acting Health and Child Care Minister Amon Murwira has implored both public and private hospitals not turn away patients or demand a COVID-19 certificate first before admitting them, especially in emergency cases.

Murwira also said the government intends to revive the country’s dilapidated health sector so that health services are accessible for every citizen as enshrined in the national Constitution. He said:

Other things that may happen or mis-happen are the things that we want to hear and rectify. What we want to do is to ensure that we revamp our health system, invest in it and ensure that every citizen has access to health services as enshrined in our Constitution.

This disease (Covid-19) does not spare anyone, but we have to ensure there is continuity in terms of service provision otherwise we may regress and lose lives unnecessarily.

Hospitals should continue offering services and desist from makiHealth ng unreasonable demands at the expense of lives. We all have to be responsible at some point.

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This comes as some health institutions, including both private and public health institutions, are demanding COVID-19 certificates before admitting patients, even in emergency cases.

A COVID-19 certificate is issued for between US$65 to US$80 at various private institutions after an individual undergoes a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test.

More: Sunday News

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