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MDC acting president Lynnete Karenyi-Kore has urged Zimbabwean citizens to demand accountability from the government over the parlous state of the public health delivery system in the country.
Karenyi-Kore was addressing hundreds of MDC supporters at a rally in <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Mabvuku" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mabvuku</a>, Harare, over the weekend. She said:
<blockquote>For how long do we keep watching this failure which is claiming lives; a government that has failed to deliver health to its people; doctors not being paid; the hospitals themselves have the dilapidated infrastructure, making them unsafe for patients; and doctors who work in them?
Women are losing lives during birth and the child mortality rate is rising on a daily basis while those who claim to govern are firing all the doctors and their wives are celebrating home deliveries in this day and time.</blockquote>
Zimbabwean doctors have been incapacitated since the 3rd of September this year resulting in the public health delivery system grinding to a halt.
Instead of addressing the doctors’ grievances the government has responded by withholding salaries of those who have failed to report for duty and dismissing hundreds.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2019/11/zim-ready-to-confront-ed-mdc/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NewsDay</a></h4>

Pindula News

MDC Acting President Urges Citizens To Demand Accountability Over Health Crisis

Junior doctors have mocked Health Minister <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Obadiah_Moyo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Obadiah Moyo’s</a> remarks that the government will avail <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Zimbabwe_United_Passenger_Company" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ZUPCO</a> buses for doctors to alleviate their incapacitation.
In a post on microblogging site Twitter, Zimbabwe Hospitals Doctors Association (ZHDA) secretary-general, Mthabisi Anele Bhebhe expressed down on whether Minister Moyo knows what a doctor does. He wrote:
<blockquote>The Minister of Health will expect a doctor to use a Zupco bus to see patients. Does he know what exactly doctors do, the work schedule of a doctor and the essence of time? Akusi kujairirwa here uku?</blockquote>
Junior and middle-level doctors have been on strike since the 3rd of September over poor remuneration and working conditions.
The government responded to the job action by firing hundreds of doctors, leaving public hospitals bereft of both doctor and patients.

Health Minister Asked If He Really Knows What Doctors Do

Popular Journalist <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Hopewell_Chin%27ono">Hopewell Chin’ono</a> posted a video taken of the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Parirenyatwa_Hospital">Parirenyatwa hospital</a> which shows empty wards as both nurses and Doctors are not reporting for duty due to incapacitation.
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Empty &amp; Ghostly, this is Parirenyatwa Hospital this evening!
Only tired army doctors who are providing an auxiliary service.
Ward after ward, it was empty!
Not only doctors are off work, even the hard working nurses have left their stations due to wage incapacitation!
TRAGIC! <a href="https://t.co/9R6y0gHLeg">pic.twitter.com/9R6y0gHLeg</a>
— Hopewell Chin’ono (@daddyhope) <a href="https://twitter.com/daddyhope/status/1196152256808333312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
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WATCH: Empty Parirenyatwa Hospital

The government fired another 75 doctors this week, bringing the total number of doctors that have been dismissed so far to 286.
This was revealed by Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Monica_Mutsvangwa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Monica Mutsvangwa</a> during a post-cabinet media briefing in Harare Tuesday. She said:
<blockquote>A total of 322 disciplinary cases have so far been heard and 286 doctors were found guilty and have been discharged.
… This week a total of 75 doctors were dismissed.</blockquote>
More doctors are in the line of fire as 93 doctors from central hospitals will have their disciplinary hearings concluded by November 15, while 55 from provincial hospitals will have their disciplinary hearings concluded by 27 November 2019.
Mutsvangwa, however, insisted that the government is still committed to dialogue with the striking doctors and will hold a meeting with them on 14 November 2019.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/government-fires-75-more-striking-doctors/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NewZimbabwe.com</a></h4>

Govt Fires 77 Striking Doctors, More Set To Be Axed

The Minister of Health and Child Care, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Obadiah_Moyo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Obadiah Moyo</a>, said that the government is working flat out to improve the working conditions for health personnel and to that end, a meeting with striking doctors has been scheduled for Thursday, 14th November 2019.
Among some of the perks <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Medical_Practitioners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">medical practitioners</a> should expect, are residential flats, subsidised transport and food at their work stations. Said Moyo:
<blockquote>Government is in the process of identifying flats to ease accommodation challenges facing junior doctors and <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Zimbabwe_United_Passenger_Company" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Zupco</a> buses will be availed to ferry them to and from their work stations.
Food will also be provided at their work stations while all the surgical materials will be availed in all the health institutions as required.</blockquote>
Doctors at public health institutions have been on strike since September 3, 2019, citing incapacitation. The government has responded to the job action by firing 286 doctors for absenteeism.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/new-perks-on-the-table-for-doctors/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Herald</a></h4>

Govt Promises Doctors Flats, ZUPCO Buses & Food

Some <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/University_of_Zimbabwe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">University of Zimbabwe (UZ)</a> postgraduate medical registrars on Monday boycotted their end of course examinations saying they missed out on practical lessons because of the ongoing doctors’ strike.
A trainee registrar who spoke to NewZimbabwe.com argued that sitting for exams without having undergone practical lectures will make them half-baked doctors. Said the trainee:
<blockquote>Most of us missed about two-thirds of the practical teaching. Therefore, we cannot sit for those examinations and that means adhering to the university regulations which state that we should not sit for those exams until we do those 12 weeks of clinical rotation.</blockquote>
Doctors have been on strike for over two months and resultantly, medical students have missed their bedside teaching and lectures due to the absence of patients and doctors in hospitals.
The government has responded to the doctors’ strike by firing more than 200 of them.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/trainee-medical-registrars-boycott-final-exams-argue-doctors-strike-denied-them-practical-learning/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NewZimbabwe.com</a></h4>

Trainee Medical Registrars Refuse To Sit For Final Exams

The government last week inadvertently dismissed doctors who were on maternity leave and some who were training outside the country even though they did not take part in the ongoing strike.
This was revealed by Senior Hospital Doctors Association (SHDA) president Shingai Nyaguse in a statement. He said:
<blockquote>Junior and middle-level doctors have been dismissed from work for not being able to report for duty due to incapacitation.
Some on maternity leave and some who are training outside the country have also been served with letters accusing them of absenteeism.</blockquote>
Hundreds of doctors were served with dismissal letters for failing to report for duty without leave, with 500 more expected to be sacked when the disciplinary hearings are concluded.
The Minister of Health and Child Care, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Obadiah_Moyo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Obadiah Moyo</a>, defended the dismissals claiming that the doctors, who have cited incapacitation, were in breach of the law.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/2019/11/10/govt-dismisses-doctors-on-maternity-leave-in-diaspora" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily News</a></h4>

Govt 'Accidentally' Fires Doctors On Maternity Leave, In The Diaspora

The Zimbabwe Hospitals Doctors Association (ZHDA) said that it is hopeful that the Health Services (HSB) will come back to its senses and reverse the decision to fire hundreds of striking doctors last week and commence sincere negotiations.
In a statement on Sunday, ZHDA said that doctors are considering leaving the country in a bid to secure jobs elsewhere. The statement reads:
<blockquote>We note with concern the continued job dismissals of our members. We are expecting even more doctors to be fired because almost all doctors are incapacitated.
We still don’t think this move is with thought and common reasoning since the HSB has not indicated how they are going to resolve the crisis without doctors.
Doctors are now finding other means of survival like any other unemployed Zimbabwean citizen with most planning on leaving the country, which is a sorry situation considering the impact it has on the suffering masses of our nation.
We are still hopeful that they will come to their senses and reverse this regressive decision and commence sincere negotiations.</blockquote>

Doctors Urge Govt To Reverse Its Decision Else They Will Leave The Country

The Zimbabwe Hospitals Doctors Association (ZHDA) says the government erred in firing incapacitated doctors as the move will not capacitate those who remain.
The doctors slammed the government for negotiating in bad faith and called for dialogue to be held in good faith. ZHDA said in a statement:
<blockquote>Robust dialogue in good faith should take place with key stakeholders to help direct the capacitation of the workers and the public health institution.
We wish the same zeal and energy being displayed in punishing doctors could have been applied to see to the welfare of beleaguered hospitals and workers.</blockquote>
Last week the government dismissed 211 doctors who have been on strike for over two months over poor remuneration.
The doctors want their salaries to be paid in the much stable US dollar currency or in local currency but pegged according to prevailing Intermarket bank rates.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/sacked-doctors-slam-govt-for-negative-energy/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NewZimbabwe.com</a></h4>

Doctors Slam Govt For Misdirected Zeal

The government is set to fire a third of doctors who work in public health institutions, a total of 516 out of the 1 601 employed by the Health Services Board (HSB).
The doctors face dismissal from the public service this month as the government continues to hold disciplinary hearings for all doctors who ignored a Labour Court ruling to return to work within 48 hours.
On Friday, the HSB dismissed 210 doctors after they were found guilty in absentia of absenting themselves from work without leave or reasonable cause.
Doctors at public health institutions have not been reporting for duty for over two months citing incapacitation.
In 1996, the government fired doctors and nurses, leaving the four central hospitals in Harare and Bulawayo operating on a skeleton staff composed of consultants, very senior nursing staff, students and medics from the defence forces.
The government had plans to hire doctors from the United Kingdom to replace those who had been fired from the service. Meanwhile, the law at the time allowed civil servants to re-apply if they so wished within 30 days from date of dismissal.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/a-third-of-govt-doctors-face-the-axe/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Herald</a></h4>

A Third Of Govt Doctors Face The Chop

The government has fired 211 doctors after they were found guilty of abstention from duty without leave or reasonable cause.
This was revealed by Health Services Board (HSB) chairperson Dr Paulinus Sikhosana in a statement. Said Dr Sikhosana:
<blockquote>To date, 279 doctors have been served with charge letters, 213 hearings completed and 211 doctors found guilty of absenting themselves from duty without leave or reasonable cause for days ranging from five or more.
The 211 doctors found guilty have been discharged from the health service. Three (3) doctors appeared in person before the disciplinary tribunals and two (2) doctors had their determinations reserved pending verification of their cases.</blockquote>
Dr Sikhosana added that 516 out of 1,601 medical doctors employed in the public sector are expected to appear before the disciplinary tribunals.
Earlier this week, the government fired 77 doctors who had been on strike for over two months as they demanded better pay and improved working conditions.
<h4>More: <a href="https://healthtimes.co.zw/2019/11/08/bloodbath-in-health-sector-as-gvt-fires-211-doctors/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Health Times</a></h4>

Govt Fires 211 Striking Doctors

The government has reportedly deployed student doctors to Bulawayo’s major public hospitals, Mpilo and <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/United_Bulawayo_Hospitals" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">United Bulawayo Hospital (UBH)</a>.
The development follows a strike by junior doctors which has been ongoing for more than two months, with the government dismissing 77 of them on Tuesday.
The Secretary for Women’s Committee in the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union, Barbara Tanyanyiwa, has bemoaned the government’s decision to discharge the doctors. She said:
<blockquote>This is not the time for the government to fire doctors. The government should pay doctors a decent salary because they work in very difficult situations.
The country is definitely going to have high mortality rates because of the government’s failure to address this issue of doctors.</blockquote>
The situation is dire especially at Mpilo General Hospital as narrated by the Senior Hospital Doctors Association (SHDA) in a recent statement.
The doctors said that lifesaving equipment is in a state of disrepair, essential drugs and sundries are unavailable, while hospital staff cannot afford to come to work.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/govt-deploys-student-doctors-in-hospitals-as-crisis-persists/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NewZimbabwe.com</a></h4>

Govt Deploys Student Doctors To Hospitals - Report

A meeting between doctors’ representatives and the Minister of Health and Childcare, permanent secretary in the Ministry Dr Agnes Mahomva, and Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube has ended without a resolution.
This was revealed by journalist Hopewell Chin’ono on <a href="https://twitter.com/daddyhope/status/1192452443432460293" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>. The government refused to budge on US$160 per month it had offered the doctors (after doubling the figure from the current US$80). The doctors have rejected the revised offer.
On Tuesday, the Health Services Board announced that it had fired 77 doctors for refusing to report for duty after the Labour Court ordered them to do so.
Doctors at Zimbabwe’s public health institutions have been on strike for over two months demanding better wages after their earnings were eroded by hyperinflation.

Govt, Doctors' Meeting Ends With No Resolution - Report

A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to raise funds for running mobile clinics in Zimbabwe.
This comes after the government of Zimbabwe fired 77 doctors for failing to come to work, with operations at public health institutions grinding to a halt.
The target is to raise US$10 00 for mobile clinics that will cater for the less privileged suburbs of Bulawayo and Harare.
The organising fundraiser, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Freeman_Chari" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Freeman Chari</a> had this to say:
<blockquote>The plan is to work with volunteer doctors/nurses/pharmacists who will make routine visits to different areas to provide primary care to the vulnerable like children and the elderly especially those with chronic illnesses like diabetes.
Where possible the doctors and nurses can make home visits especially for the elderly.
We will also liaise with pharmacies so we can provide coupons to patients who cannot afford medication so they can get their prescriptions filled…</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/zimbabwe-citizens-mobile-clinics" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GoFundMe</a></h4>

GoFundMe Campaign Launched To Raise Funds For Mobile Clinics

The striking physicians’s representative have said the government is negotiating in bad faith and clearly doesn’t care about the healthcare system of the country.
This was said by the<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Zimbabwe_Hospital_Doctors_Association"> Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association’s(ZHDA)</a> Tapiwa Mungofa who said:
<blockquote>In doing so we maintain that we have not committed any crime by being broke. We eagerly wait to see how this move which defies all common sense will serve as a solution the already strained healthcare system.
Nothing has been done to improve the welfare of doctors and hospitals working environments therefore doctors nationwide remain incapacitated</blockquote>
The <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2019/10/31/doctors-strike-on-60th-day-health-ministers-are-outside-zimbabwe/">doctors have been on strike for 64 days</a> and yesterday <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2019/11/05/govt-fires-77-striking-doctors/">the govt decided to fire the striking doctors</a> as a disciplinary measure.
More: <a href="https://healthtimes.co.zw/2019/11/06/doctors-unfazed-by-disciplinary-action/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=doctors-unfazed-by-disciplinary-action">Health Times </a>

Doctors Unmoved By The Government's Decision To Fire Them

The government on Tuesday sacked 77 doctors after disciplinary hearings held over their refusal to end a strike over a pay dispute. They were dismissed for absenteeism.
According to HSB chairman, Dr Paulinus Sikosana, the doctors were being charged in terms of section 4 of the Labour (National Employment Code of Conduct), Regulations, Statutory Instrument 15 of 2006 (the Code). Said Sikhosana:
<blockquote>77 of the 80 doctors were found guilty of absenting themselves from duty without leave or reasonable cause for days ranging from five or more and discharged from the health service.</blockquote>
Doctors have been on strike for over two months citing incapacitation. The Labour Court in October ruled that the strike action was illegal and gave the Health Services Board authority to take disciplinary action against the doctors.
The doctors’ strike has paralysed service delivery at public health institutions and the dismissal of the 77 doctors may worsen the situation.
More doctors face the chop as the hearings being conducted by the HSB are expected to be concluded by November 15 2019.

Govt Fires 77 Striking Doctors

The <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Mpilo_Central_Hospital">Mpilo Hospital</a> Clinical Director spoke to Sunday News and told him that of the 204 doctors stationed at one of the country’s largest hospitals, 144 doctors are reporting for duty. Dr Ngwenya further added that his staff will continue attending to patients and won’t watch as patients perish in hospital.
Dr Ngwenya said this to the publication:
<blockquote>I am proud of the doctors and other staff at Mpilo. About 71 percent of doctors across all grades are at work. We have eight who are on leave and 52 doctors who are on strike. While we cannot operate as smoothly as we would wish, we are still able to attend to everyone who comes to the hospital. We attend to over 200 patients every day. We have 600 patients admitted to various wards and they are all getting medical care.
We have the maternity wing operating fully and we deliver about 30 babies a day with about 10 deliveries through Caesarean operations. This should tell you that we are really doing our best under the circumstances. Whether the doctors who are at work are happy or not is neither here nor there. What is important is that they are dedicated to their work and are on the ground helping people.</blockquote>
Dr Ngwenya’s remarks are coming<a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2019/09/03/were-not-in-wards-were-not-at-the-hospitals-doctors-strike/"> 63 days into the junior doctors’ strike</a> as the physician demand fair wages pegged against the interbank rate to cushion themselves from inflation.<a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2019/11/01/govt-reportedly-fired-all-doctors-who-boycotted-fridays-disciplinary-hearings/"> The govt on Friday reportedly fired all striking doctors for taking the industrial action against their employer. </a>
More: <a href="https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/we-wont-watch-people-die-mpilo-boss/">Sunday News </a>

Mpilo Hospital Doctors To Continue Attending To Patients - Mpilo Hospital Director

Striking doctors are adamant that they will not attend the disciplinary hearings which are scheduled to commence on  Friday, November 1 after they ignored a court order to return to work earlier this month.
In an interview with Health Times, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Zimbabwe_Hospital_Doctors_Association" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA)</a> secretary-general Dr Tawanda Zvakada said no doctor will attend the hearing since they are not involved in any form of misconduct. He said:
<blockquote>We believe we have not committed any misconduct by demanding a fair living wage. No one is attending any hearing.</blockquote>
On Tuesday, the Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, as the Acting Minister of Health and Child Care told a post-cabinet media briefing that the striking doctors who did not comply with the Labour Court judgement have already been served with disciplinary hearings papers.
Mutsvangwa added that salaries will only be paid to doctors who were back at work.
<h4>More: <a href="https://healthtimes.co.zw/2019/10/30/we-wont-be-attending-disciplinary-hearing-striking-doctors/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Health Times</a></h4>

Striking Doctors Vow Not To Attend Disciplinary Hearings

The government says disciplinary hearings for striking doctors who have ignored a Labour Court ruling directing them to return to work will commence on Friday.
This was revealed by Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Monica_Mutsvangwa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Monica Mutsvangwa</a> during a post-cabinet media briefing in <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Harare" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Harare</a> on Tuesday afternoon. She said:
<blockquote>… disciplinary hearings for the striking doctors who did not comply with the Labour Court judgment directing them to return to work within the prescribed period will commence on Friday, 1st November 2019. The doctors have confirmed receipt of disciplinary hearings papers.</blockquote>
Mutsvangwa said that salaries will only be paid to doctors who have been reporting for duty.
Doctors at public health institutions have been on strike since the 3rd of November this year demanding liveable wages benchmarked to the interbank rate and provision of equipment and consumables to the hospitals.
<h3>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/38th-cabinet-meeting-decisions-matrix/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Herald</a></h3>

Disciplinary Hearings For Striking Doctors Set To Commence

The striking doctors’ hearings initiated by the Health service board has been slated for Thursday 31 October 2019, the Herald reports.
This came to light through an email to the publication by the HSB’s President Dr Sikhosana who said the doctors snubbing the hearing doesn’t matter the hearings will proceed:
<blockquote>
The board is in receipt of the communication from the doctors. This will not have any bearing on the scheduled hearings. Disciplinary hearings are going to proceed as scheduled starting on Thursday next week (this week). Currently, they are being served with hearing letters
</blockquote>
In snubbing the<a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2019/10/23/doctors-dismiss-misconduct-hearings-instituted-by-the-govt/"> hearings Doctors said they were not committing any offence by demanding a fair wage</a> and they were not going to attend the disciplinary hearings.
More:<a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/striking-doctors-disciplinary-hearings-set-for-thursday/"> The Herald</a>

Striking Doctors Disciplinary Hearings To Be Held On Thursday

The Hospital Service Board (HSB) has said disciplinary hearings for doctors will still go ahead despite the fact that the doctors were in no show. This was revealed by the HSB Chairmain Dr Sikhosana who said:
<blockquote>What you have to understand is the Health Services Board is following the right procedure and the procedure stipulates that the disciplinary hearings have to go ahead whether the doctors are present or not. So, even if they decide not to come, like they have said, we are still going ahead with the hearings and the outcome will determine their fate.</blockquote>
Doctors were called for <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2019/10/23/doctors-dismiss-misconduct-hearings-instituted-by-the-govt/">disciplinary hearings this week and they refused</a>, saying they were not doing anything wrong by demanding a fair wage and didn’t show up for the disciplinary hearings.
More: <a href="https://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/2019/10/26/disciplinary-hearings-to-go-ahead-despite-doctors-snub">Daily News</a>

Doctors' Disciplinary Hearings To Go Ahead Despite The Physicians' Snub - HSB

An opinion columnist has said while the Doctors’ calls for better remunerations were noble, they should also consider patients’ plights because the situation in hospitals is dire.
The columnist opined:
<blockquote>While doctors may be genuine in their appeal for better remuneration and living conditions, they should consider their Hippocratic Oath and the plight of those fighting for dear lives in hospital.
Nobody just wakes up one day and decide that they want to be admitted into a health facility.
People go to hospital because they are seeking a lifesaving service. Therefore, it’s painful to go to hospitals and find that those who have been trained to assist and attend to the sick are not available for nobody knows how long.
There is a genuine possibility that many lives are being lost because of lack of treatment. The few, more fortunate and better-resourced ones have had to turn to private health centres to pay huge sums of money for treatment as doctors at Government clinics and hospitals continue with their job action, one of the many they have embarked on over the past 10 months.</blockquote>
Doctors have been on strike since 3 September 2019 and have ignored all calls to return to work till their request is granted. The doctors are demanding <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2019/10/22/full-text-doctors-give-update-on-strike/">that their salaries be pegged agaisnt the prevailing bank rate to curb it from inflation. </a>
 
More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/doctors-must-consider-patients-plight/">The Chronicle</a>

OPINION: Doctors Must Consider Patients's Plight - Chronicle Editor

The striking doctors have dismissed the notion by the <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2019/10/22/govt-announces-measures-to-deal-with-striking-doctors/">government to appear for disciplinary hearings</a> over their continued strike.
In their response to the govt dated 23 October 2019, doctors said they had not committed misconduct by demanding a fair wage. and they were not be able to attend the misconduct hearing. Check the letter below:
<img alt="" class="wp-image-134353 aligncenter" decoding="async" height="471" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px" src="https://t792ae.c2.acecdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Dr-misconduct-hearing-response-225x300.jpeg" srcset="https://news.pindula.co.zw/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Dr-misconduct-hearing-response-225x300.jpeg 225w, https://news.pindula.co.zw/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Dr-misconduct-hearing-response.jpeg 768w, https://news.pindula.co.zw/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Dr-misconduct-hearing-response-600x800.jpeg 600w" width="353"/>
Doctors have been on strike since 3 September and have ignored all calls from the government to return to work without their grievances being addressed to their satisfaction.

Doctors Dismiss Misconduct Hearings Instituted By The Govt

Doctors have been promised 10 hectares of land each if they call an end to the debilitating strike which started on September 3 this year.
The Minister of State for <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Manicaland_Province" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Manicaland Province</a>, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Ellen_Gwaradzimba" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ellen Gwaradzimba</a>, told a gathering at the official unveiling of 10 buses from <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Esau_Mupfumi" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Esau Mupfumi</a> under the Zupco programme in Mutare on Saturday that the land is available to the doctors as an incentive. She said:
<blockquote>I invited the doctors to my office and asked them why they were on strike yet people are dying in hospitals.
I told them that a salary will never be enough. I told them that they should apply for land. I am going to give them 10 hectares each if they are interested.</blockquote>
The situation at the country’s public hospitals is dire as doctors have embarked on an indefinite strike citing incapacitation.
While the Labour Court ruled that the doctors’ strike was illegal, doctors have asserted that they simply cannot afford to go to work.
<h4>More: <a href="https://zimmorningpost.com/striking-doctors-offered-land-to-return-to-work/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Zim Morning Post</a></h4>

Doctors Offered Land To End Strike

The <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Zimbabwe_Hospital_Doctors_Association" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA)</a> has commended efforts that the government is making to resolve issues affecting health workers.
In a statement on Monday morning, ZHDA secretary-general Tawanda Zvakada, however, reiterated doctors’ demand to have their call allowances indexed to the prevailing interbank rate. Said Zvakada:
<blockquote>We acknowledge the attempts by our government so far in trying to address the genuine pleas raised by our doctors.
… We maintain our demand for having our on-call allowance reviewed at the prevailing inter-bank rate of that month.</blockquote>
Doctors have been on strike for over a month now citing incapacitation. The government has responded by awarding them a “paltry” 60 per cent which they rejected as insignificant.
Meanwhile, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Emmerson_Mnangagwa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">President Emmerson Mnangagwa</a> has <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2019/10/18/ed-sends-chilling-warning-to-striking-doctors/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">threatened the doctors with unspecified action,</a> accusing some them of being influenced by external forces to destabilise the country’s health sector.
<h4>More: <a href="http://newziana.co.zw/2019/10/21/doctors-commit-to-dialogue-with-government/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NewZiana</a></h4>

Doctors Stand Firm On Interbank Indexed Allowances

While threatening the striking doctors with unspecified action, President Mnangagwa blamed the physicians’ strike on outside influence.
ED was speaking to rural district councillors when he said:
<blockquote>After going through what’s happening, we’ve discovered that there’re a few individuals who’re getting outside influence and then coming to influence others to continue with the strike. But what we’re saying to the doctors is that you’re Zimbabweans, and the sick people are also Zimbabweans.
.. But if you insist on being stubborn, we’ll see where it’ll get you to. You might think what you’re doing is right, but we’ll see what will happen at the end.</blockquote>
Doctors have been on strike since 3 September. They have rejected the govt’s offers saying they are too small compared to the cost of living.
More: <a href="https://www.zimlive.com/2019/10/18/mnangagwa-claims-striking-doctors-have-outside-influence-issues-threats/">Zimlive</a>

Outside Influence Behind The Doctors' Strike - ED

<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Zimbabwe_Hospital_Doctors_Association" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA)</a> acting president Dr Peter Magombeyi has dismissed President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s assertion that the government offered doctors a 30 per cent, followed by a 60 per cent salary hike with doctors rejecting both offers.
<a href="https://twitter.com/DMagombeyi/status/1184949530858532866" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Writing on microblogging site Twitter, Dr Magombeyi said</a> that no amount of coercion and intimidation will end the doctors’ ongoing strike. He wrote:
<blockquote>30% or 60% of 0 is zero @edmnangagwa. Doctors are subsisting on a salary less than $80(USA)/month.
Our doctors will remain disabled and no amount of coercion and intimidation will resolve the situation. To our patients: moyo yedu inokushuvai. Hope to review you soon!</blockquote>
On Thursday Mnangagwa accused some doctors of working with external forces to destabilise the country’s health sector.
He added that the striking doctors that they might justify their actions but we will see what will happen in the end.

"60 Per Cent Of Zero Is Zero", Doctors Respond To ED Threats

President <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Emmerson_Mnangagwa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Emmerson Mnangagwa</a> warned striking doctors that they will regret their insistence on being “stubborn”.
He said that in August doctors’ salaries were raised, and they were later awarded a 30 per cent hike which the government then raised to 60 per cent, but the doctors rejected it due to outside influences working to destabilise the health sector. He said:
<blockquote>There is no country that doesn’t have problems, so we should sit down and talk while you are at work. But if you insist on being stubborn, we will see where it will get you to. You might think what you are doing is right, but we will see what will happen at the end.</blockquote>
Doctors have been on strike since September 3 this year saying their salaries have been eroded by inflation and they have become incapacitated as a result.
Last week, the Labour Court ruled that the strike was illegal but doctors insist that the ruling did not address their incapacitation.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/president-speaks-on-prices-doctors-strike/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Herald</a></h4>

ED Sends Chilling Warning To Striking Doctors

The government is planning disciplinary action for the striking doctors following the expiration of a 48-hr ultimatum given by the Labour Court last Friday.
Minister of Health and Child Care, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Obadiah_Moyo">Dr Obadiah Moyo</a> said during a tour of <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Harare_Central_Hospital">Harare Hospital</a> today:
<blockquote>“l have been advised by the Attorney-General (Prince Machaya) that because some doctors could not meet the deadline, that order falls away,”
“l have said we are going to follow the law to the last detail, professionally. What the law says is what we will follow.”</blockquote>
The doctors have been on strike for several weeks demanding better remuneration and working conditions.
More: <a href="https://ztn.co.zw/stream/2019/10/striking-doctors-to-face-disciplinary-action-zim-government/">ZTN</a>

Government Threatens Disciplinary Action For Striking Doctors

Health and Child Care Minister <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Obadiah_Moyo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Obadiah Moyo</a> said striking doctors should return to work while the government remains for open for dialogue to find a permanent solution to the challenges bedevilling the health sector.
Responding to questions during a post-cabinet media briefing in Harare on Tuesday, Moyo told doctors to accept the 60 per cent salary increase as it was approved during collective bargaining. He said:
<blockquote>That approval stands. Government is guided by the law. That is why we went to the courts. We are following what the law states and we shall follow the law. There is no way we will go against what the law says.</blockquote>
Minister Moyo made it clear that the government was unable to pay health workers in United States dollars, nor in local currency at the interbank rate.
Doctors at public hospitals have not been reporting for duty for a month and a half saying their salaries have been eroded by inflation and no longer covers their basic needs.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/govt-tells-doctors-no-work-no-dialogue/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Herald</a></h4>

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