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The Government is yet to fulfill its promise made in September 2021 to offer land to medical practitioners in private practice across the country’s 10 provinces.
In 2021, the Medical and Dental Private Practitioners Zimbabwe Association (MDPPZA) wrote to President Emmerson Mnangagwa requesting land and import duty exemptions.
The Government acceded to the request and directed provincial lands officers through their respective Provincial Affairs ministries to offer land to the medical practitioners.
However, almost two years later, not a single doctor has been given a piece of land by the Government.
MDPPZA president Johannes Marisa on Thursday confirmed the issue to <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/local-news/article/200010762/govt-yet-to-honour-doctors-land-pledge">NewsDay</a>. He said:
<blockquote>
We are getting different responses from the provincial lands offices, but the bottom line is that none of our members has received any piece of land under this facility.
We have been engaging the provincial lands offices in our respective provinces with nothing coming out.
We want to take this issue above and engage His Excellency, President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
</blockquote>
NewsDay reported that Health deputy minister John Mangwiro and ministry spokesperson Donald Mujiri were both not reachable for comment.
Over the past few years, medical practitioners in the public sector have staged strikes over poor working conditions, low salaries, and lack of resources in the health sector.
More: <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

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Govt Reneges On Doctors' Land Pledge

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has apologised to private doctors after they complained about delays they encounter in court when they are summoned to testify as witnesses during court proceedings.
On Wednesday, Medical and Dental Private Practitioners of Zimbabwe Association (MDPPZA) secretary-general Cleto Masiya wrote a letter to the NPA about the issue. He said:
<blockquote>
On many occasions, medical professionals have become reluctant to deal with courts as State witnesses because of the blatant delays they encounter at the hands of court officials.
Doctors are at times required to give oral evidence, unfortunately, they may be forced to warm the court benches for long hours while waiting to do so.
This is detrimental to their ethical duties of serving suffering patients in their respective clinics or hospitals taking cognisance of the gross understaffing in many healthcare facilities.
This is different from a scenario where medical practitioners are the accused persons.
</blockquote>
In their response on Friday, the NPA apologised to the doctors through a letter that was signed by an A Kumire from the National Inspectorate, Training, Legal Reform, Research and Anti-corruption Unit. Kumire wrote:
<blockquote>
The National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe sincerely apologises for the discourteous poor and insensitive treatment you were subjected to when you attended court at Harare Magistrates Courts (Rotten Row) as a witness and you were kept in attendance for six hours.
Our standard operating procedures for officers in the Magistrates Courts, High Court and Supreme Court provide that ‘the importance of witness in the criminal justice system can never be overemphasised. 
Witnesses who come to testify in cases must be treated with all the courtesy and respect which they deserve.
Remedial action will be taken through our National Inspectorate, Training and Anti-corruption Unit.
We assure you that every measure will be taken to prevent a recurrence of this most disturbing episode.
</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2022/07/npa-apologises-to-doctors/">NewsDay</a></h4>

National Prosecuting Authority Apologises To Doctors

The government is allocating land to medical practitioners in private practice across the country’s 10 provinces.
Close to 372 medical practitioners under the Medical and Dental Private Practitioners Zimbabwe Association (MDPPZA) are set to benefit.
MDPPZA president Johannes Marisa yesterday confirmed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa had responded to their request for land. Said Marisa:
<blockquote>
We wrote a letter to His Excellency President Emmerson as an association [MDPPZA] requesting if the government could give us land and consider our members for import duty exemptions.
I am happy to announce that it took the president at least five days to respond to our request and he has offered us the land.
Members will have to choose the province where they desire to have the land.
It should be noted that this land is for agricultural purposes since we indicated that as medical practitioners.
</blockquote>
MDPPZA secretary-general Cletos Masiya urged members to utilise the land that they would have applied for.
In one of the letters seen by StandardPeople, addressed to the Provincial Affairs ministers, the Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries and Resettlement ministry permanent secretary John Bhasera urged provincial land officers to offer land to MDPPZA members. Wrote Bhasera:
<blockquote>
The following private health practitioners under the Medical and Dental Private Practitioners Zimbabwe Association expressed their keen interest in agriculture transformation and desire to participate in the Agriculture Recovery Plan.
</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.thestandard.co.zw/2021/09/19/ed-gives-private-doctors-farms/">The Standard</a></h4>

Govt Allocates Farms To Private Doctors

The Infomation, Publicity and Broadcasting services Permanent secretary has apologized for labeling some health care providers “medical assassins” who were targeting some political players. This was after 4 tops government officials died in a short space of time due to COVID-19 last week.
According to ZimLive Mangwana who was now under fire from social media users calling for his sacking or an apology from him, has apologized for his remarks:
<blockquote><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" data-focusable="true" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Remorse?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#Remorse</a> Zimbabwe government spox Nick Mangwana has apologized after pitching a bogus conspiracy saying hostile doctors were deliberately killing government officials following the death of several current and past bureaucrats from Covid-19. “I withdraw and apologize,” he says.</blockquote>
Mangwana who was responding to a William Zambezi on Twitter said:
<blockquote>I expressed my personal view on an issue a Dr had tweeted on. I had no intention to offend any doctor or call any of them names. Since it has caused such offence, I withdraw it &amp; apologise for any offence caused. I just hope we can move and not be distracted from work at hand.</blockquote>
Medical and Dental Private Practitioners of Zimbabwe Association and <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/01/24/stop-harassing-doctors-zadhr-on-mangwanas-remarks-on-medical-assassins/">Zimbabwe Association of Doctor For Human Rights</a> have released statements stating that such utterances have the power to demoralize health care providers who were putting their lives on the line during the ongoing pandemic.
Source: <a href="https://twitter.com/zimlive/status/1353686043019665409?s=20">ZimLive </a>

I Apologize And Withdraw - Nick Mangwana On Medical Assassins Remarks

The Medical and Dental Private Practitioners of Zimbabwe Association (MDPPZA) have released the following statement raising concern over remarks made by the Infomation Ministry Permanent secretary Nick Mangwana that there are medical assassins targeting political players.
MDPPZA said people should refrain from inflammatory talks because they have the potential to demoralize the frontline workers who are working to contain the virus:
<blockquote>Press Statement COVID-I9 AND MEDICAL PRACTICE 24 January 2021
The Methcal and Dental Private Practitioners association of Zimbabwe notes with concem that there are social media rants which seem to point out that there are numerous doctors that may be involved in the deaths of some individuals.
The accusations are quite unfortunate and worrisome at this juncture when every health worker has tightened their belt in the midst of the dreaded Covid-19 pandemic. Covid-19 infection can be a very serious infection if there is delayed medical attention, complications like severe pneumonia, lung necrosis, thrombo-embolism, renal failure and heart attac. can arise. The whole world is quivering because of the deadly virus.
We therefore call upon everyone to refrain from inflammatory talk that has potential to demoralize the resilient frontliners who are obviously working very hard to contain and mitigate against the virus. 
Zththabwe has some of the best doctors in the world and our efforts together will surely yield results. We continue requesting your prayers as we navigate through the muddy waters. 
Thank you
MDPPZA information desk
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Refrain From Inflammatory Talk - Medical And Dental Private Practitioners On Mangwana's Medical Assassins' Remarks

<blockquote>By Marisa Johannes
Medical aid societies and Private Medical Practice: The naked truth!
There have been sentiments to the fact that private practitioners now demand cash upfront from holders of medical aid cards especially those from Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS).
For all this time, we have been watching while our necks are chocked by the same medical aid societies that should also be serving the interests of their clients.
The impression shown by utterances by some executive members of these medical aid societies is that of a greedy, inconsiderate, inhumane medical practitioner who is there to profiteer.
It is unfortunate that the dispute between service providers and medical aid societies has been left to blossom over a long time with no solution in sight.
If truth be told, there are some Medical Aid Societies (MAS) that want to be seen as doing prodigious things for patients yet they are at the fore-front of financially neglecting the very service providers that play a very indispensable role in the management of patients.
Private practitioners have been forced into abject poverty, all the blame concerning patient care has been heaped on them while we witness medical executives driving the latest Prados with unlimited fuel supplies every month.
Since January 2020 when there was talk about Coronavirus, some medical aid societies have not paid a single cent to a lot of service providers.
PSMAS is one of them and I wonder if it is fashionable not to pay the service providers. Despite PSMAS putting a tariff of 75RTGs as consultation, the money has not even come to our pockets as practitioners.
The 75 RTGS pegged now translates to 80 cents if we are to consider the ever-spiralling black market rate. There are other medical aid societies where we have to first beg them in order for them to release our money.
Personally, I have struggled with my claim forms from medical aid societies Cellmed, Harare City Council, Bonvie and Steward Health to mention but a few. I am not sure if they are paying my other colleagues.
This is unfortunate considering the harsh economic environment that is prevalent where the doctor also needs to survive.
This behaviour should stop if there is going to be good working relationships with the medical aid societies. We have been strangulated for a long time as practitioners, our voices have been muzzled to the edge while patients suffer.
The Medical Aid Societies have been the chief architects on gazetting tariffs for the private sector. I wonder why tariffs are imposed by non-medical people who sometimes do not understand how we work as clinicians.
In 2015, Zimbabwe Medical Association(ZIMA) came up with tariffs of $35 as consultation but Medical Aid Societies clandestinely rejected and went on to pay $20.
If it is true that they are facing financial challenges, then I wonder where they get the money for executive perks including the latest vehicle models on the market.
That money should be used for the betterment of patients and not for self-aggrandisement. Many of them have now moved to open their clinics yet they cannot pay service providers.
The people should know that the actual service providers are at a disadvantage as they have to fork out money for clinic or surgery rentals, money for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), money for salaries, drugs, sanitization, waste disposal, council levies plus operating licences.
Honestly, if one is getting 75 RTGS for consultation, how will he get to work considering that petrol is selling for US 1.28 per litre?
Now that private practitioners are coming under one roof, we ought to remain united and speak with one voice in a bid to avert further strangulation that threatens our viability as practitioners, especially during this difficult Covid-19 era.
Private practitioners are the first port of call for patients and Covid-19 will surely strike us if we are continuously exposed to it.
It is a pity that some of these medical aid societies refused to open their offices for submission of claim forms since February 2020 citing COVID-19 spread.
If offices cannot be opened in order to pay medical practitioners yet they are the front-liners, then we are doomed as a nation. Where will we get money for PPE, drugs, equipment and so forth? Why are these issues allowed to prosper at the detriment of both the patients and service providers?
We believe in engagement but if that does not work, we do not hesitate to promote Medical Aid Societies that are not hostile to us as practitioners.
We will not hesitate to reject all Medical Aid Societies that are arrogantly giving us headaches. Patients should appreciate the value of their monthly contributions and due diligence should be done when joining some of these Medical Aid Societies.
Up to now, some MAS have not sent us their tariffs and one has to drive several times in order to get just a few figures.
This is grossly unfair and practitioners have been brutalised left, right and centre. Many Medical Aid Societies will wake up from slumber and realise that our eyes can now see what they could not see.
Dr Johannes Marisa is the interim president of the Medical and Dental Private Practitioners Association of Zimbabwe (MDPPZA).</blockquote>

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