Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has said the government plans to enact a law criminalising the recruitment of health personnel from Zimbabwe by other countries.
Chiwenga, who also doubles as the Minister of Health and Childcare, said the drain of healthcare professionals was as good as human trafficking.
Speaking on Wednesday, Chiwenga said stiffer penalties will be imposed on those he accused of committing a “heinous crime” of recruiting nurses and doctors from Zimbabwe. BBC quoted Chiwenga as saying:
If one deliberately recruits and makes the country suffer, that’s a crime against humanity.
People are dying in hospitals because there are no nurses and doctors. That must be taken seriously.
Zimbabwe frowns at this heinous crime which is also a grave violation of human rights.
Reports indicate that more than 4 000 nurses and doctors have left Zimbabwe since February 2021.
Last month, the UK stopped the recruitment of Zimbabwean health workers. This was after Zimbabwe was placed by the World Health Organisation on the red list.
WHO red list designation means that the country is facing serious health personnel challenges.
Zimbabwean nurses and doctors are being forced to look for jobs abroad as recurrent economic challenges have seen wages decimated by endless inflation.
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Chiwenga you fool
z a n u p f is a crime against humanity !!!
Killing the medical field
Why would we put our children through medical school only for them to suffer again. It’s this done sort of colonialism. If you can’t take care of them let them leave
Nyikadzino Guvheya and your other thug you are running Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 as if you are running a chicken fowl during the war . Crimes against Humanity is what you and ED are doing not paying Doctors and nurses . But paying cio and soldiers to protect your corruption and looting. Your are both part of the Gold Mafia, if you were leaders that Gold was going to change Zimbabwe poverty narrative for life. All the money more than 10 Billion you both took from RBZ and flew to Russia for safe keeping we know it. So you has committed crimes against humanity. Don’t use terms when you are drunk.
Doctors and nurses are running away from Crimes against Humanity being committed by Zanu pf