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‘Stop! People need genuine leaders with real principles and values, to serve and not subdue them!’ -United Bulawayo Hospital Nurse Annete Bongiwe
A concerned employee at the United Bulawayo Hospital (UBH) Annete Bongiwe has taken to social media, Facebook, to condemn the ambush visit by the First Lady Axillia Mnangagwa to the hospital where the administration had to run around to procure the medical requirements, which have been in short supply just to appease her.
Bongiwe responding to Sithule Nicole Tshuma’s remarks over the visit by the first lady to the hospital said she works at the institution and “brings her heart to work everyday, not fruits or fees ($15 per patient) and finds there are no essential drugs, no surgical sundries, no basic lab tests and no basic radiology services, no X Ray films!”
“We cancel people’s operations, even emergencies because of the issues listed above, and stupid reasons like the laundry machine is not working so no sterile linen, the suction machine is not working etc. We have had the same CEO and minister for years both presiding over a failing hospital while their own packs continue to swell,” she said.
“The President has the power to dis-appoint both but no, he hasn’t! So I’ll not even touch the legitimacy of this new administration, neither will I speak about the abuse of our people in campaign trails, I will just stick to my everyday experience as I toil to serve my people… I will tell you that such visits are an insult that should never be applauded or repeated. When they come the shelves are suddenly full of surgical gloves, surgical blades, theatre caps etc which the First Lady didn’t buy, but the hospital administration buys to appease the visitor.”
He said then the supplies disappear again as soon as she’s gone!
“Please stop! Stop! I beg you! Stop! Our people need genuine leaders who will lay down their lives for the people… leaders with real principles and values, who understand that their power is given them by the people to serve and not subdue! I rest my case,” she said.
First lady visited the Bulawayo hospitals on Wednesday where some staff members would hardly identify her. Stephen Jakes