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Courtney Matende, Midlands Reporter
GOKWE Town Council is constructing a state-of-the-art polyclinic in the cotton farming town to bolster primary health care service delivery.
In an interview, Gokwe Town Council chairperson, Councillor Never Gwanzura said the polyclinic has almost the same capacity as Gokwe District Hospital.
Clr Gwanzura said council realised that the clinic which was being operated by the local authority was being overwhelmed and there was need to construct a bigger facility whose size corresponds with the growing population.
He said the local authority expected the polyclinic to start operating by next year and will increase access to improved health services. Clr Gwanzura said once complete, the polyclinic will ease the burden on Gokwe District Hospital.
“We have a small clinic in Gokwe which complements Gokwe District Hospital. All our nurses are coming from Gokwe District Hospital. The hospital is the district referral and caters for all the people of Gokwe. Our population in Gokwe town is growing and the clinic is no longer capable of conveniently servicing the whole town. We are now constructing a polyclinic which is now at roof level. It is almost of the same size with Gokwe District Hospital. We hope that by next year it will be operational,” he said.
Clr Gwanzura said the local authority has also constructed a primary school in Nyaradza area to decongest Gokwe Primary School which has more than 3 000 pupils.
“Gokwe Primary School was getting overpopulated with over 3000 pupils hence we built a new school in Ward 2 in an area called Nyaradza. The school is part of Gokwe Primary School. The two blocks with two classrooms each are already complete. The new school is helpful to some children who were walking up to 15 kilometres to get to Gokwe Primary School,” he said.
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