By James Gwati-Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has ordered the Lupane provincial hospital bosses to complete the construction of Lupane hospital with immediate effect

The government said it had injected $47 million for the completion of the 250-bed medical centre.

Chiwenga, who is also Health and Child Care Minister, visited the hospital’s construction site at the weekend and said the project should be completed by next year.

“The purpose of my visit was to accelerate the construction of the Lupane Provincial Hospital. This project as you are aware started way back in the First Republic in 2004. It had stalled to an unacceptable level. When the President visited Matabeleland North Province, this matter was also highlighted. We have been looking at ways of resuscitating all legacy projects which had stalled during the First Republic and we want to finish them.”