Paul Nyathi| The Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association has revealed that the Emmerson Mnangagwa led government is pushing the University of Zimbabwe to fast trek the production of new Junior Doctors by getting the students to sit for their examinations way ahead of time.

The Association claims that the students are being made to sit for examinations on content they have not covered which is a serious risk to their would be patients.

The full revelation by the doctors posted on the ZHDA Twitter account reads as follows:

We have been following closely the developments concerning the training of medical students. They are being forced to sit for exams they have not received enough teaching on. We believe this is a well thought out move by GVT to fast track the release of our juniors into the field.

The juniors last week stressed that they had not received enough training due to the ongoing impasee which has resulted in them not having seniors to teach them and patients to learn from. Sitting for exams under this situation goes against the University of Zimbabwe regulations.

This also affects the credibility of the degree programme, the quality of doctors produced and subsequently the quality of care provided to the patients.

We Urge all the responsible authorities, including MDPCZ and UZ to safe guard the profession and the general safety of the public as it is evident that the silent genocide is being escalated!!!!!!!