Deputy Minister for Health and Child Care, John Mangwiro has implored doctors, nurses and hospital management to work together for the welfare of patients.
Mangwiro made the remarks while speaking to ZBC News on the sidelines of the Parliamentary Committee on Health tour of Harare and Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals this Tuesday. He said:
The most important thing we should be concerned about is the welfare of patients, let’s all come together to make sure Zimbabwe gets the best maximum benefits from us. Let’s also focus on doing our best with what we have.
We have to put our emotions aside, let’s use our hearts. This fact-finding mission has brought out a lot of factors. It has opened our eyes.
Doctors and nurses have sometimes been at loggerheads, with Zimbabwe Nurses Association (ZINA) president Enoch Dongo saying that the country’s public hospitals can operate without doctors, hence they cannot continue holding the country at ransom.