Normalcy is returning to public hospitals after health
workers who had gone on strike over the alleged disappearance of Zimbabwe
Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) acting president Dr Peter Magombeyi resumed
duties.
Dr Magombeyi was found under suspicious circumstances that
do not tally with the narrative pushed by the opposition that he was allegedly
abducted by State agents.
A number of doctors and nurses could be seen attending to
patients at institutions in Harare visited by The Herald yesterday.
This latest development followed the call by President
Mnangagwa for health workers to return to work, while police continued with
investigations into the Magombeyi case.
Zimbabwe Nurses Association president Mr Enock Dongo
confirmed that nurses had resolved to return to work following the return of Dr
Magombeyi.
“ZINA national executive held an urgent ad-hoc meeting on
the 20th of September 2019,” he said.
“The general consensus from the deliberations was that
nurses return to work while further consultations with members are taking place
to map a clear way forward.”
Mr Dongo said his association will keep engaging the
employer to find amicable solutions towards nurses’ welfare and urged
Government to address their plight.
ZHDA secretary-general Dr Mthabisi Bhebhe maintained that
junior doctors remained incapacitated, and were unable to report for work.
Herald
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