Zimbabwe Doctors to Sue Govt Over Wages

The doctors' association has threatened to challenge the government's decision to deduct salaries of  junior doctors who participated in the November strike.

  • Zimbabwe:   Doctors Approach Court Over Salary Dispute

    New Zimbabwe, 17 December 2014

    THE Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) says it will Thursday file an urgent High Court application challenging the government's decision to deduct salaries for all junior… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Doctors' Strike - a Holistic Approach Badly Needed

    Zimbabwe Independent, 17 November 2014

    THERE appeared to be some headway yesterday in resolving the doctors' strike which had severely strained an already collapsing health delivery system creaking under serious brain… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   The Ball in Govt's Court, Say Doctors

    The Herald, 15 November 2014

    Junior and middle level doctors went on a three-week strike over "poor salaries" and other working conditions. Some senior, provincial and district doctors also joined the strike,… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Life Is Precious - Address This Situation

    The Herald, 15 November 2014

    The doctors' strike has finally ended. What a relief. The past three weeks were a bad time to be sick! Just imagine being sick at a time junior and senior doctors at our public,… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Doctors Start Trooping Back to Work

    The Herald, 15 November 2014

    DOCTORS who have been on strike for the last three weeks started trooping back to work yesterday, a day after Government agreed to rectify some anomalies on their allowances.… Read more »

Medical worker at a local hospital.

  • Zimbabwe:   Doctors End Strike, Return to Work

    New Zimbabwe, 13 November 2014

    JUNIOR government doctors have resolved to call off their paralysing three-week industrial action after they were assured of a review of their salaries by government on Thursday. Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Govt, Doctors Deal Imminent

    The Herald, 13 November 2014

    GOVERNMENT yesterday held discussions with striking doctors and offered increases in their allowances, raising hopes that the doctors could return to work soon. The striking… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   A Bitter Pill for the Sick

    The Herald, 13 November 2014

    It is a season of nightmare for the poor and sick. Junior and middle-level doctors in the country's major hospitals and referral centres, who make a critical cog of the health… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   The Human Price of Zimbabwe's Doctors Strike

    The Daily Vox, 10 November 2014

    A relative of a woman I know died recently. We're not too close, but we're close enough for me to know that Sezani Siziba lost her uncle after failing to receive medical attention… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Govt Must Address Striking Doctors' Concerns

    Zimbabwe Standard, 9 November 2014

    The strike by both junior doctors and their seniors is a major cause for concern. Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Resolve Doctors' Strike - MDC-Renewal, NCA

    New Zimbabwe, 7 November 2014

    THE MDC Renewal Team has urged President Robert Mugabe's government to quickly resolve the doctors' strike to avoid further crippling the health delivery system and loss of lives. Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Doctors' Strike Rages On

    The Herald, 8 November 2014

    Scores of people have been thronging the Red Crescent Society clinic in Harare's Central Business District seeking medical attention following the strike by doctors at major… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Patients in Danger As Doctors Strike

    Zimbabwe Independent, 7 November 2014

    As the nationwide strike by junior and senior doctors further cripples service delivery at public health institutions, the country's largest referral hospital, Parirenyatwa… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Govt Urges Doctors to Return to Work

    The Herald, 7 November 2014

    There is likely to be a huge backlog of theatre cases in 2015 as booked procedures were all cancelled with striking doctors vowing not to return to work until their demands were… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Striking Doctors Appeal to Mugabe As Hospitals Fail to Cope

    New Zimbabwe, 5 November 2014

    STRIKING junior doctors who downed tools two weeks ago have appealed to President Robert Mugabe to intervene and break the deadlock as senior doctors announced they were also… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Senior Doctors Join Strike

    The Herald, 6 November 2014

    SENIOR doctors yesterday joined the strike by their juniors, further crippling service delivery at the country's major referral health centres as negotiations between the doctors… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Govt to Deploy Army Medics as Doctors Strike

    The Herald, 29 October 2014

    Government will deploy doctors from the uniformed forces to hospitals as a temporary measure to attend to patients and ensure normalcy prevails at the country's hospitals as the… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Doctors Down Tools

    The Herald, 28 October 2014

    Patients were left stranded at major Government hospitals yesterday after service delivery was paralysed by a strike by junior doctors who are demanding that their monthly salary… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Doctors Vow to Press On With Strike Till Demands Are Met

    New Zimbabwe, 27 October 2014

    JUNIOR doctors who on Monday began an indefinite strike over poor pay and working conditions have said they will only go back to work if their demands are met. Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Doctors to Start Indefinite Strike

    New Zimbabwe, 26 October 2014

    STATE hospital doctors have threatened to go on strike Monday to push for higher pay and improved working conditions following the expiry of an ultimatum they issued to government… Read more »

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