Government has with immediate effect suspended Chitungwiza
Central Hospital clinical director Dr Patrick Dhliwayo and transferred
principal nursing officer Mrs Mirriam Mangeya over a plethora of misconduct
allegations as part of an ongoing exercise to bring sanity to public health
institutions.
Mrs Mangeya has been transferred to head office awaiting
transition to a new work station while Dr Dhliwayo was effectively put on
suspension for verbally abusing fellow doctors.
Incidentally, Dr Dhliwayo was last year sentenced to six
months imprisonment with an option of a fine after he was found guilty of
physically assaulting nurses at Zengeza
Clinic.
In a letter seen by The Herald yesterday, signed by the
Acting Secretary for Health Dr Gibson Mhlanga, Dr Dhliwayo is accused of
verbally abusing six co-workers, among them three fellow doctors.
“You are hereby charged in terms of Section 4 (a) of
National Employment Code of Conduct Regulations 2006, Statutory Instrument 15
of 2006.
“There is reason to believe that you committed an act of
misconduct or acts of misconduct as defined in Section 4 in that; victimisation
of a subordinate, Dr Arthur Mhizha, issuing threats to a subordinate Lawrence
Kasinganeti, issuing threats to a subordinate Mr Ndarukwa and Mr Dzikamai and
turning clinical meetings into forums of verbal abuse of GMOs Dr Shongo and Dr
Ekofo,” reads Dr Dhliwayo’s charge sheet.
Mrs Mangeya’s letter stated that the former Chitungwiza
hospital top nurse will report to ministry’s head office by May 9, 2019. Herald
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