Advisor to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Pastor Shingi Munyeza has said that the government cannot expect poorly paid doctors to deliver.
He added that the country is shrinking capacity and is celebrating mediocrity in service delivery when alternatives to hospitals including traditional midwives are being celebrated by a whole government.
Munyeza’s remarks come as expecting mothers flocked a Mbare-based traditional midwife known as Mbuya Gwena following the suspension of services by most polyclinics over unsustainable salaries and poor working conditions.
Mbuya Gwena got the attention of the media after it emerged that she had delivered about 100 babies in eight days.
The traditional midwife also got a visit from the First Lady, Auxillia Mnangagwa, an act which analysts said was a way of endorsing Mbuya Gwena’s work.
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