No more international treatment for Govt Officials: Chiwenga

Vice President and Healthy Minister Constantino Chiwenga has scraped government officials medical treatment abroad.

The Minister said government will no longer avail foreign currency for them in oder to maintain the countries medical bill which is currently high.

Chiwenga announced the new development on Monday at Munhumutapa while addressing the media .

“We will not export our patients ,we will not make referrals to our patients. It is everybody, ministers. Those who have been going out it is you and me. Is it not it? Altogether but that export bill was too high and that is what we want to do away with.”

“Zimbabwe has a national medical bill that is high. It is, therefore, imperative that the country develops a method of containing the import bill through health care innovations for import substitution,” he said.

Health facilities in the country have been dilapidating , with hospitals lacking medicines and equipments to operate well.

Government officials are known for going abroad to seek medical treatment since the country’s health system is poor.

Chiwenga has been flighted overseas to China, India and SouthAfrica for medical treatment several times.