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From 1st July, All Current Medical Aid Patients Unable To Pay, Will Be Referred To Public Health Institutions
All patients currently receiving treatment from private doctors using medical aid and are unable to pay cash will be referred to public health institutions come July 1 2016, the Zimbabwe Medical Association has said.
Speaking at a press conference held in Harare today, ZiMA president Dr Agnes Mahomva said given the current cash crisis, doctors had been advised to install point of sale payment gadgets in their practices.
Dr Mahomva said these strategies were meant to ensure a continuum of care for patients when ZiMA members stopped accepting medical aid cards in two weeks’ time.
“ZiMA is committed to total patient care. While this matter is being addressed and resolved, ZiMA is committed to ensure that patients who are unable to pay the cash sums involved will not suffer,” said Dr Mahomva.
“We have advised our practitioners to install POS payment instruments in their practices. Where patients do not have the sums in their account, all patients will be appropriately referred to Government or public health institutions such as Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals where they will be provided with the necessary health care at all times,” she said.
Dr Mahomva said although some medical aid schemes were not accepted at some central hospitals, the State had an obligation to provide medical services to all citizens. Paidamoyo Chipunza Source-herald
photo-Minister of Health and Child welfare, Dr Parirenyatwa