Tagged:

Strike Deadlock Paralyses Zimbabwe's Health Sector

The government has warned that junior doctors will face disciplinary action if they want to return to work, with Acting President Constantino Chiwenga accusing the medics of "gambling with people's lives". More than 500 junior doctors have been on strike for nearly a month with the Health Services Board suspending them after the job action was declared illegal by the labour court.

Zimbabwe: Embattled Govt Now Seeks Talks With Defiant Doctors

New Zimbabwe, 30 December 2018

THE government is now seeking further talks with striking junior doctors after initially acting tough and suspending the defiant clinicians. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Go Back to Work, Junior Doctors Urged

The Herald, 31 December 2018

SENIOR doctors yesterday urged striking junior doctors to immediately return to work as Government was committed to addressing their grievances as soon as is practically feasible.… Read more »
Zimbabwe: We Are Fully Qualified - Striking Doctors Angrily Tell VP Chiwenga

New Zimbabwe, 28 December 2018

STRIKING doctors have reacted angrily to claims by government that the State assisted them through medical school and that there are enough medicine stocks in the country. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Outcry Over Doctors-Govt Impasse

263Chat, 28 December 2018

Following the impasse between government and striking doctors, the general public has reacted angrily at the militant approached adopted to force junior medical practitioners to… Read more »

Photo: ZHDA/Twitter

Zimbabwe doctors on strike.

Documents

Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association Press Statement On Industrial Action

Author:

ZHDA

Publisher:

ZHDA

Publication Date:

28 December 2018

Doctors are not students, they are qualified doctors with two degrees, receive no financial assistance from government during their training and ... see more »

Zimbabwe: New Terms for Junior Doctors to Avert Future Job Disruptions - VP Chiwenga

The Herald, 28 December 2018

Government is considering changing internship conditions for junior doctors to avert future work disruptions that expose patients to risk, Acting President Constantino Chiwenga has… Read more »
Zimbabwe: VP Chiwenga Blasts Striking Doctors for 'Gambling With Life'

New Zimbabwe, 27 December 2018

Government has warned that junior doctors will face disciplinary action if they want to return to work as Acting President Constantino Chiwenga accused the medics of "gambling with… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Doctors and Radiographers Continue Strike Despite Court Ruling

New Zimbabwe, 24 December 2018

Striking junior doctors and radiographers working in public hospitals have vowed to continue with the job action despite threats by their employer and an adverse weekend court… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Meeting Fails to End Doctors' Strike Deadlock

New Zimbabwe, 14 December 2018

Junior doctors are set to continue with their strike action after negotiations between their representative body and government Thursday ended in a deadlock. Read more »

InFocus

Are Doctors Using Condoms as Medical Gloves in Zimbabwe?

Doctors at public health institutions have reportedly been forced to use condoms in place of disposable medical gloves as the government struggles to maintain critical supplies to ... Read more »
- Zimbabwe: Govt Speaks On Doctors' Demands
- Zimbabwe: 'Overwhelmed' Senior Doctors Join Junior Colleagues On Strike
Zimbabwe Doctors' Strike Cripples Hospitals

Doctors at public hospitals say they will not return to work until the government meets their demands for better pay and working conditions. The action is the first major labour ... Read more »
- Zimbabwe: Patients Turned Away from Hospitals as Doctors Down Tools
- Zimbabwe: Govt Gives in to Doctors' Demands
Zimbabwe Govt Rejects Doctors' 'Awkward' Demands for $

Government has rejected striking junior doctors' demands for U.S. dollar wages with Health and Child Care Minister Obadiah Moyo describing the idea as "awkward". Zimbabwe's junior ... Read more »
- Zimbabwe: Govt Dismisses 'Awkward' US Dollar Wage Demands By Striking Doctors
- Zimbabwe: Doctors Praised for Calling Off Strike

See What Everyone is Watching

Follow AllAfrica

Top Headlines: Health and Medicine

AllAfrica publishes around 700 reports a day from more than 140 news organizations and over 500 other institutions and individuals, representing a diversity of positions on every topic. We publish news and views ranging from vigorous opponents of governments to government publications and spokespersons. Publishers named above each report are responsible for their own content, which AllAfrica does not have the legal right to edit or correct.

Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica. To address comments or complaints, please Contact us.

AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 700 news and information items daily from over 140 African news organizations and our own reporters to an African and global public. We operate from Cape Town, Dakar, Abuja, Monrovia, Nairobi and Washington DC.

AllAfrica - All the Time