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Building hospitals without tools of trade such as scans, X-ray machines and medicines is not good enough, Makoni Central Lawmaker David Tekekeshe has said.
Speaking in Parliament Tuesday, Tekeshe highlighted that most patients are opting to go to Mission hospitals because they are not getting any medical help at the Government hospitals since there are no medicines and equipment available.
Tekeshe also noted that some Mission hospitals are now overwhelmed.
“My concern pertains to health issues, I accompanied two people who were sick to Nyanga and Rusape Government hospitals. There are no wheelchairs, no stretcher beds and medicines. I then took the sick to Bonda Mission Hospital and they were saying that they were overwhelmed by the whole of Manicaland Province.
“They asked why the sick were not going to Government Hospitals and I told them that they preferred mission hospitals because Government hospitals do not have medicines, equipment and even painkillers.
“As Members of Parliament, we end up paying to assist the people who are sick, yet they are supposed to be benefiting from Government. Government health provider, PSMI is not providing any service but people are contributing.
He further urged government to provide medicines and equipments for the treatment of patients in Government hospitals.
“Therefore, I request that the Minister gives us a Ministerial Statement. Building hospitals without tools of trade such as scans, X-ray machines and medicines is not good enough. It is my request that something be done so that people get medication. People are dying before their time, they are given prescriptions and go to pharmacies which require USD, of which many do not afford.
The accelerated upgrade of the public health system that has seen older hospitals refurbished, and new wards opened which have also spread to areas without hospital is in line with the vision of the Second Republic under the leadership of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, to undertake a massive infrastructure development and social investment programme aimed at transforming Zimbabwe into an upper middle income society by 2030.
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