Online Reporter
Nyore Madzianike
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is expected to grace the Ingutsheni Central Hospital fundraising luncheon to be held at ZITF Hall in Bulawayo on Friday.
The fundraising is aimed at raising US$5 million to be channelled towards the refurbishment of the referral hospital and construction of a state-of-the-art drug and substance rehabilitation centre.
The luncheon is being organised by the Office of the Vice President Dr Kembo Mohadi, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Child Care.
Ingutsheni Central Hospital chief medical officer, Dr Nemache Mawere, indicated that the referral hospital is in dire need of a facelift.
Dr Mawere said the central hospital has been operating under dilapidated infrastructure over the past years.
He expressed hope that Ingutsheni Central Hospital will be refurbished to the same standards which Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals in Harare and Mpilo General Hospital in Bulawayo are currently experiencing.
Parirenyatwa is almost 95 percent complete.
“The current state of our institution is not good. The hospital’s infrastructure is dilapidated due to years of neglect and poor maintenance,” he said.
“This needs to be done at a level similar to Parirenyatwa and Mpilo, which are currently under refurbishment. The focus is on refurbishing the premises.”
Dr Mawere said the hospital’s wards need upgrading and the procurement of new laundry machines.
“The upgrades will help improve our work and staff morale and ambience for our clients,” he said.
“The progress seems to be doing well, and we look forward to a very successful event. May all those who received invites respond accordingly,” he said.
“Also, even those that may have been missed by the invitations, please feel very invited and contribute towards this just cause. Use your corporate responsibility for this national programme.”
Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Vice President Dr Kembo Mohadi, Dr Benson Martins Dube said those who wish to participate can send their contributions to the referral hospital.
Dr Dube said everyone is free to attend the fundraising luncheon.
“Please check the press for more details. Let us make the 20th of March the day to reckon with in realising the underprivileged and the mental care in Zimbabwe,” he said.
“To accommodate everyone and leave no one and no place behind, we have extended our tables to include Category D (US$500), Category E (US$200) and Category (US$100).
“So, everyone is invited to participate in this fundraising event. Let us be part of this grand project,” he said.
