Ngonidzashe
Chiyangwa
Patients at
Masvingo general hospital are not happy about the way they are being treated by
doctors who seem like they just value the funds they are getting from patients
but take ages to attend them.
There is
need for the government to act on the situation as many have suffered fro these
developments . a lot of very critical patients are failing to be treated and
end up vacating the hospital because of the poor service delivery.
Talking to
a mob of patients that were awaiting treatment , they both were complaining
about the issue and only a few could
testify the opposite about Masvingo General Hospital .
“I am a
school child and have missed a lot with the days I have spent in this
hospital but no doctor have come to
attend me , I also haven’t ate for more than three days now because the nurses
just come in the morning and instruct me not to eat so that when the doctor
comes I will be sent for surgery but I am now getting tired of waiting” echoed
Henry Nyika who was admitted in the male
surg ward .
Someone
from the angered patients commented that” oneday I will impregnant one of these nurses and
deny the pregnancy just to get back at them for the way rthey are treating
us , as if we are not paying the
hospital bills “.
The story
seemed difficult to grasp but all the
tuth surfaced when the reporter overhead some of the nurses discussing
saying “ kana tobuda mupaper mocomplainer , idzi ndonyaya dzodikanwa ne mirror
chaidzo .’’
Torwads
hearing this , it was all clear that something sinister was up at this hospital
. “This is a complete go slow , today I
will go home . My bill is increasing each day I stay in this hospital yetb the
doctors won’t attend us because they are busy at their private surgeries.’’
Munenzwa said before making a mouth sound that signifies disgust .
A nurse who
refused to be identified commented that , “ its not like they do not want to
help you , but the doctors are few considering you are 28 in this ward alone yet we have more than 4
wards here . the doctor has now gave an order that we should stop admitting new
patients so that he will be able to assist you so that you go home. ’’
This proved
to be true that an order was given to stop patients from being admitted into
the hospital as the reporter noticed a girl came in a wheel chair showing that
she was critically6 ill but later to be turned down on admittion and left to go
home during the night at about 2000hrs of 12 may 2015
Efforts to
get the doctors side were fruitless since the doctor on call did not turn up at
the hospital during the 48hrs stay of the journalist at the hospital .he also
was not available t his private surgery
.
