I understand the intention, and everyone deserves emergency medical care. However, I don’t think forcing private hospitals to provide treatment without guaranteed cost recovery is wise. Private healthcare providers have significant expenses, and this places an unfair burden.
Today, Zimbabwe gazetted an amendment to the Medical Services Act.
Most prominently, the Act introduces a binding emergency treatment obligation:
Private health institutions must now admit any patient with a life-threatening emergency for at least 48 hours to stabilise them before transfer, even if the patient cannot afford care. The Minister may also request private facilities to provide specialist services for public emergency patients during public crises. Cost-recovery agreements can be made with the State or patients. Heads of private institutions (or practitioners acting without authority) who refuse such emergency admission face fines up to level 8 or imprisonment up to one year. This provision effectively bars private facilities from turning away critical emergency cases based solely on inability to pay.
That video of Wicknell singing soprano in his Jet celebrating Cab3 speaks volumes 😂🤞🏽. I would understand him , who wouldn’t ??? Imagine 4 FVCKING more years of whatever he is doing 😭😭 . I mean just imagine brooo .
As a therapist, I want to tell you: “You loved him because love is in you. You had fun because you are fun. You felt happy because you are a happy person. You gave your all because that is who you are. You have a really beautiful way of loving, and you are going to be okay.”