Five hospitals in the Matabeleland region yesterday
recieved 2 000 tonnes of coal donated by President Mnangagwa for cooking and
other hospital operations.
Beneficiaries include Mpilo Central Hospital which received
800 tonnes, Victoria Falls Hospital which got 400 tonnes, St Luke’s Hospital
which got 400 tonnes, United Bulawayo Hospitals and Ingutsheni Central Hospital
which got 200 tonnes each.
The donation was made during the President’s two-day visit
to Matabeleland North province recently.
Speaking on behalf of the President before handing over
coal to Mpilo yesterday, Matabeleland North Provincial Affairs and Devolution
Minister Richard Moyo said the donation will go a long way in improving service
delivery at health institutions especially in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“It is my hope that this gesture by His Excellency
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is an assurance of the commitment by the new
dispensation to see efficiency in the health service delivery. I call upon all
of us to take our collective responsibilities as hard-working people to achieve
that,” said Minister Moyo.
“This is fulfillment of his intervention he made during his
two-day working visit to Matabeleland North from July 16-17 where he made a
donation of 2 000 tonnes for use in five referral hospitals. I urge all of us
to strictly adhere to the containment regulations as guided by His Excellency
as all of us have a duty to curb the spread of Covid-19.”
Mpilo acting chief executive officer Professor Solwayo
Ngwenya said the donation had helped the public institution cut a lot of costs.
“Coal is quite a vital component of our function as a
hospital and this will last us for the whole year. Coal is a life-saving
commodity and we are grateful as we used to buy it from afar, we have been
saved by the President,” said Prof Ngwenya.
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