ED In 48 Hour Ultimatum Luring Fired Doctors Back
28 November 2019
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Obadiah Moyo

Own Correspondent | A timely intervention by Catholic Bishops led by Archbishop Robert Ndlovu, in a meeting with ZANU PF leader, Emmerson Mnangagwa earlier today, could result in the much needed reprieve, as over 500 fired doctors have been given 48 hours to return to work.

Reports indicate that the Bishops pleaded the doctors plight, during a meeting with Mnangagwa, at the State House, which could ease the anxiety among Zimbabweans, who have lamented the slow Genocide in the country’s hospitals.

There was no response yet by the doctors at the time of writing.

This comes against a background of an increasing health catastrophe, in the country, after Senior doctors working at state-owned hospitals, yesterday downed their tools demanding the immediate reinstatement of 435 junior doctors, who were fired by the government for going on a nationwide strike that has paralyzed hospitals.

In a statement, members of the Senior Hospital Doctors Association (SHDA) conveyed their worry over the dismissal of the junior doctors who went on strike on September 3rd this year demanding salaries equivalent to interbank rates.
“We have noted with grave concern the wanton dismissal of over 435 doctors, the continued summoning of doctors for disciplinary hearing and the withholding of the paltry salaries for the doctors. The SHDA had continued to engage the employer in dialogue whilst the hostilities on its members was continuing unabated. Of note is these actions have not capacitated either the hospitals or the human resource base,”reads the statement.