Zimbabwe's health sector is mired in a crisis as public hospital doctors have been on strike for over a month. The job action has resulted in patients being turned away from hospitals while there have been widespread reports of deaths in circumstances which could have been prevented had patients received adequate care. Doctors are demanding better salaries and allowances, as well as conditions of service, but the government has offered a maximum of 70% salary increment which has since been turned down. Presently, there is an impasse as both sides have adopted hardline stances.
In light of this, Zimbabwe Independent senior reporter Bridget Mananavire (BM) had an interview with Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors' Association vice-president Masimba Ndoro (mn, pictured) on these and other issues. Below are the excerpts of the interview:
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