By A Correspondent- The newly formed Doctor’s association the Progressive Doctors Association has invited the government to come to the negotiating table saying they can’t continue to watch as people die in public hospitals.

The matter came to light at the PDAZ launch on Saturday when the association president Benson Dandira said:

We therefore call upon our employer to seriously look into the doctors’ welfare not only in terms of remuneration but to approach it more holistically to ensure that the doctor can offer services without having to worry.

We implore the employer to come up with a meaningful offer, one they would be prepared to take themselves in order to ensure their sincerity in these negotiations. Our patients! Our patients! Our patients! The people that we took an oath to protect. We are mindful of the fact that all of us will be patients someday.

The Doctors represented by other associations like the ZHDA are on strike since 3 September.