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Masvingo Hospital shuts down X-ray services‏
7 March 2012
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MasvingoZimEye)-The province`s largest medical institution, Masvingo Provincial Hospital, has closed down its X-ray services due to shortage of radiographers.
Masvingo Provincial Medical Director, Robert Mudyiradima last week
said the shortage of radiographers forced the giant medical institution to close down its X-ray services .This means patients will have to visit private clinics for X-ray services -although they charge astronomical prices that are beyond the reach of the majority of the patients. The situation is critical and health experts have warned the move could jeopardize the lives of hundreds of patients across the province. Private hospitals charge between $ 50 and $70 dollars for X-ray services compared to only $ 30 for similar services at Masvingo Provincial hospital.
Dr Mudyiradima said the giant medical institution is the referral centre for at least 2 million people across the province. He said the big hospital had been operating without radiographers for more than two years.
“There are no radiographers and the situation has been like that for more than two years. We were looking at one X-ray operator whom we must commend for his dedication to duty despite the setbacks. When he decided to go on leave we had to plead with him to cut short his leave days since we had no other alternative, “he said.
He added:”We sincerely regret what happened because the situation is really bad and it greatly affects the patients. It is sad to note that such a big hospital had to look up to one X-ray operator.”
He lamented bureaucratic tendencies adding bottle necks were hampering the recruitment of qualified personnel at the institution. He said the person who was suitably qualified for the job left the hospital two years ago- further creating woes in the X-ray department.
“The X- ray operator, Mr Sithole has an abnormal schedule that sees
him working on a daily basis without a break, “he said.
Loreen Mubayiwa of Rujeko suburb in Masvingo said she visited the hospital several times hoping to get an X-ray but her efforts came to naught as she was constantly referred to private clinics –yet she could not afford the money. (ZIMBABWE, ZimEye)

6 Replies to “Masvingo Hospital shuts down X-ray services‏”

  1. Home grown solutions? Is that not the mother of all rhetoric’s closely followed by the chorus ‘sanctions’? The source of the problem lies right there with your dear leader, he is the cancer that needs to be cut off…all the other rot you see is just symptoms. His incompetency & incubation of corruption is the elephant in the room. Get the foundations right and everything should not be difficult to fall in place. Otherwise you are just wasting time like the fool who builds on sand.
    Tell me since 1980, facing a growing population and knowing fully well the imbalances caused by ‘apartheid’ what hospital has been built by this 32yr old government? Ok even the inherited ones from Rhodesia, which one has state of the art machinery and is manned by highly skilled staff? Whilst you are at it which one attracts medical tourists? Let’s not be disingenuous, problems didn’t start with sanctions or MDC, it’s been a slippery slope from the start. In the euphoria of “self rule” some patriots kept their eyes off the ball. “A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.” (Edward Abbey)
    I concur everyone must do their part to make the best out of a bad situation but those who clamour for leadership even with the express disapproval of those they seek to lead should be at the fore-front. Where do you think all these greedy MPs, Ministers & the politically connected get this perverse sense of entitlement from? If the fundamentals were right, where the “leadership” can demonstrate we are “all in it together” do you think they will have this audacity to treat folk like skivvies?

  5. I think people need to reason,stop the blame game.The Mugabe rhetoric should come to an end.We are Zimbabweans and should have home grown solutions to our problems.
    Now you are busy blaming baba Chatunga,where is Minister Henry Madzorera and the local MP Matutu,Mageza why are you not blaming them for not taking action?why are you not blaming Biti as minister of finance?He prioritised giving MPs $15000.00 each as sitting allowances whilst the hospital is crippled.Let us not be brain washed by politicians to an extend of leaving our reasoning capacity to them.

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