By Artwell Sithole| Chipinge’s Rimbi village and its surrounding communities have hailed a free medical treatment initiative which saw more 200 people with different ailments being attended to by medical practitioners free of charge.

The initiative dubbed Citizwean Mobile clinic has also been taken to Binga among other areas.

Rimbi Health committee chairperson, Samuel Matembudze was all smiles as he saluted the people who donated various amounts of money to make the initiative a reality.

“I am humbled by the free medical service offered to us today. It’s a relief as most of people can no-longer afford to buy medication owing to the harsh economic situation prevailing in our country,” said Matembudze.

He begged the Citizwean Mobile clinic team to make the initiative a routine activity while also appealing for resources to repair roof at the local Rimbi clinic.

One of the beneficiaries, Emily Sithole thanked the team for free medication assistance.

“I am happy to be a beneficiary of this clinic. The citizen clinic came at the right time as if they were send by God to assist me I was stressed on how I will buy my medicines after spending so much during back to school preparations,” she said.

Thomas Muyambo also expressed gratitude to the Citizwean Mobile clinic team for assisting him free of charge.

“With the economic situation, its now rare to see someone who can assist you for free. I thank everyone behind the scenes for creating such an important initiative. I have been sick for months and had to rely on traditional remedies since I didn’t have money to seek medical attention from doctors but today I am relieved.
Citizwean Clinic is a campaign under the Citizwean Initiative which is providing a relief to vulnerable groups to access basic health care. The campaign cushions citizens from high cost of healthcare. The initiative is well timed considering that most major health centres are incapacitated due to the crippling strike by doctors as well as shortage of drugs.