No improvement at government hospitals.

Doctors and nurses at State hospitals continued with their go slow protest today as they wait for their December 2015 salaries the State claims it is depositing tomorrow morning.
A survey around hospitals revealed that some doctors and nurses reported for duty today but were all on a go slow exercise which saw most of them dle around the hospitals doing nothing.
Some nurses interviewed on condition of anonymity said that they reported for duty following threats from unspecified sources that if they did not report for duty “they will be dealt with.”
According to the nurses the spirit remains low amongst the health workers as they protest their delayed salaries and bonuses. The workers claim to be doing very minimal work or taking their time to carry out their duties to express their concerns with government.
The acting Minister of Public Service Dr Lazarus Dokora assured the health workers that they will receive their salaries tomorrow.
Doctors report that as a result of the strike action, mortality rates have increased at the state infirmaries.
Meanwhile the labourers have been issued payslips displaying an undiscussed 7.5% pension deduction. The workers have also in the interim been getting a dollar a day from the hospital accounts departments for transport to and from home.
Spokesperson for the Zimbabwe Nurses’ Association told media today that should health workers wake up with their salaries in their bank accounts tomorrow they will resume full operations. The union threatens that if by January 31 their full January salary are unpaid they will undertake a full fledged and indefinite strike action.