In what could be a major bungling on the part of the Health
Services Board (HSB), some striking medical doctors were paid their salaries
despite being absent from duty since last month while many did not get the
salaries.
Yesterday, doctors at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals
confronted management over the non-payment of their salaries, amid indications
that doctors, mostly from Harare Central Hospital, had been paid despite being
away from duty like the rest.
Yesterday was their official pay date. Sources said they
were told that they had not been reporting for duty and were, therefore, not
getting paid.
“They said reason for non-payment was because we had not
been reporting for duty,” one source said.
However, Parirenyatwa Hospital spokesperson Linos Dhire
said he was not in a position to comment on the matter.
Contacted for comment, HSB chairman Paulinus Sikhosana said
he needed more time to respond.
“I will need to verify this information. (It’s) not
possible to do so today,” he said.
The sources also said HSB might have been sending incorrect
records of doctors who allegedly came to work.
“It is public knowledge that doctors were incapacitated, so
where did these ones who were paid come from?” another source asked
rhetorically.
The stand-off between the medical personnel entered day 45
yesterday, with no solution in sight.
Patients continue to be turned away, while some, who were
admitted, have since discharged themselves.
Health minister Obadiah Moyo has pleaded with the doctors
to go back to work and maintained that his door was open for further
negotiations. Newsday
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