Zimbabwe’s Junior Doctors Reject New Contracts, Calling Them ‘Slavery And Unconstituonal’

Zimbabwe’s Junior Doctors Reject New Contracts,  Calling Them ‘Slavery And Unconstituonal’

THE stand-off between junior doctors and the government is continuing after the medical practitioners yesterday rejected amended contracts issued by the Health Service Board (HSB). The month-long impasse between the HSB and first year doctors has negatively impacted on referral hospitals which are the hardest hit as they are grappling with an acute shortage of medical practitioners. They have reportedly been forced to turn away referrals from district hospitals as existing staff is failing to cope…

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First Siamese Twins Separated At Two Months Age In (2014) By Zimbabwean Doctors, Now Walking

The first Siamese twins to be successfully separated by a team of Zimbabwean doctors in 2014 are growing up well in Harare’s Highfield suburb.The twins’ wounds are yet to fully heal leaving them vulnerable to diseases. The first of July 2014 will always be a day to remember as Zimbabwean surgeons successfully separated Siamese twin babies, a first for the country’s health service sector. The then two-month-old twins were joined from the chest to the…

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