Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals has conducted 60 open-heart
surgeries since resuscitation of the programme last year.
The hospital’s public relations manager, Mr Linos Dhire,
said the patients were attended to in the 22-month period through to October
2018.
“Amongst these, 27 are paediatric patients, while 33 are
adults,” he said, adding there were four fatalities due to complications.
“The average cost of an open-heart surgery is $6 000,” said
Mr Dhire.
“The hospital is in collaboration with NOIC, which has
availed $350 000 to cater for those who do not afford to pay for the
procedures. The major challenge is that of key drug suppliers failing to
provide the necessary drugs. This is coupled with a shortage of specialised
manpower like perfusionists,” he said.
Previously patients used to make the 7 000km journey to
India to undergo the same procedure. Parirenyatwa is Zimbabwe’s only public
health institution conducting open-heart surgery. Sunday Mail
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