Free Blood for Zimbabwe's Public Hospitals
In what could be the Emmerson Mnangagwa administration's latest achievement, the government says blood will now be offered free of charge to patients at public health institutions and mission hospitals. However the Zimbabwe Blood Transfusion services has argue that they have to charge for blood in order to cover for the cost of maintenance.
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Zimbabwe:
Free Blood for Public, Mission Hospitals
The Herald, 3 July 2018
Government has said blood will now be offered free of charge to patients at public health institutions and mission hospitals with immediate effect. The scraping of fees for the… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Govt Scraps Blood User Fee
263Chat, 2 July 2018
The Ministry of Health and Child Care has scrapped blood user fees amid indications that the country's blood bank has enough stock. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Blood Prices Highest in the Region
New Zimbabwe, 18 July 2017
Local blood prices are the highest in the region with a senior health ministry official admitting that the National Blood Services of Zimbabwe (NBSZ) is not adequately funded by… Read more »
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The cost of blood has been lowered from U.S.$100 a pint to U.S.$80 in a move that is set to improve the dire situation faced by patients, especially pregnant women who require the ... Read more »