In partnership with unspecified well-wishers, the Zimbabwean government is building 32 new hospitals. The first four of them nearly finished and work already started on others.
The initiative seeks to refurbish older hospitals, open new wards and buy new equipment. The move will be expedited and spread to areas without hospitals. By 2030, authorities hope to transform Zimbabwe into an upper middle income society.
Apart from the massive infrastructure development and social investment programme, Government is spearheading road construction and upgrading countrywide under the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme as enunciated in the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1).
Plans of the hospitals show male and female wards, theatres, maternity wards, out-patient departments, immunisation sections and a laboratory. The hospitals are being built to very similar plans on turnkey contracts, under which structural works and the provision of the equipment are all done together.
In a recent tweet, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Permanent Secretary Mr Nick Mangwana said President Mnangagwa was walking the talk on improving the health sector.
“Thirty-two of these are being built across the country and they come all-inclusive with radiography and labs among other features,” he said.
“Completion of Stoneridge was slated for September but because of the Covid-19 lockdown, we are revising our timelines. The next phase of the construction is set for next year,” said Health and Child Care Deputy Minister Dr John Mangwiro.
