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Hurungwe Rural District Council’s bid to open the $250 000 Chiroti Clinic within its 100-day Rapid Results Initiative hit a snag recently after a transformer that had been delivered to the Zambezi River Authority-built clinic was condemned by ZESA technicians. Construction of the clinic in Chief Dandawa’s area was part of ZRA’s corporate social responsibility to communities that were displaced by the construction of Lake Kariba in the late 1950s.
Villagers under Chiefs Dandawa, Nyamhunga, Nematombo and Nebiri (Kariba) were some of the people displaced from Zambezi Valley for the construction of Lake Kariba. In an interview recently, Hurungwe RDC chief executive Mr Joram Misheck Moyo said the clinic was expected to be opened before April 10 this year. He said apart from the transformer issue, ZRA was also yet to deliver equipment like bedding, trolleys and other pieces of furniture which were critical in the operation of a modern clinic.
“The opening of Chiroti Clinic is really long overdue. Zesa recently condemned the transformer which ZRA had supplied, saying that it was not the suitable type.
“This means ZRA would have to find a suitable transformer for the project to move on but our major worry is that we cannot open the clinic without electricity since most of the facilities at the institution need electricity.
“There is a borehole fitted with an electric pump, which means without electricity the clinic will have no water. Even for general lighting purpose at the institution there is need for electricity including refrigeration of some pharmaceuticals.”
More than 10 000 villagers from Wards 15 and 24 who travel 20km to access health service at Magunje and Chidamoyo Hospitals would use Chiroti Clinic.
Online Reporter