Harare Maternity
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Harare Maternity Hospital, which is part of the largest referral hospital in the country, Harare Central Hospital, is located in the suburb of Southerton in Harare. It is the largest referral maternity unit in the country. Harare Maternity Hospital caters mostly for low income patients, but it has had a severe shortage of equipment and supplies in the last few years.
See Sally Mugabe Central Hospital.
Hospital.
List of Hospitals in Zimbabwe.
Events
During a May 2023 meeting between Zimbabwe Nurses Association (ZINA) officials and the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health, at the Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals, ZINA officials described public health facilities across the country as death traps due to underfunding by the Government. ZINA Harare province chairperson Lucas Sharara pointed out that public health nurses are ignored by the Government and as a result, most of them are leaving the country for greener pastures. Why do our leaders go to Borrowdale Trauma Centre for medical services leaving our hospitals such as Harare and Parirenyatwa respectively?
ZINA Harare province treasurer Allan Nyamupinga said nurses are currently earning ZWL$45 000. They cannot afford a car, house, mortgage, or anything, because of the RTGS salary. ZINA has been trying to engage the employer but to no avail. Only two meetings had been held so far with the leadership of the new Republic’s Health ministry and this was only after protests by the nurses. Fees are pegged in USD whilst I am earning just $45 000.
A midwife from Mbuya Nehanda Maternity Hospital said women were giving birth on floor beds. She also revealed that the hospital designed to accommodate 30 expecting women was now forced to admit at least 70. Thousands of nurses have left the country for countries such as the UK, Ireland and Australia among others for better prospects. This has left many health clinics in Zimbabwe understaffed and struggling to cope with the demand for health services. [1]
References
- ↑ Government Hospitals Now Death Traps, Nurses Tell Parliament, Pindula, Published: 13 May 2023, Retrieved: 22 May 2023
