Pressure piles on ED to act on health sector rot

PRESSURE is mounting on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to act on the deteriorating conditions in Zimbabwe’s medical institutions as calls grow louder for the removal of Health and Child Care minister Douglas Mombeshora.

Youth Development, Empowerment and Vocational Training minister Tinoda Machakaire touched off a storm last week after expressing outrage over the worsening conditions in government hospitals.

Machakaire appealed to President Emmerson Mnangagwa to tour the country’s major hospitals and witness the challenges being experienced at the health institutions.

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