Brain drain maintained a toll in Zimbabwe and has apparently stroke health services market harshly in the country.
A local newspaper reported on 24th September 2006, brain drain that maintains a toll in Zimbabwe and has apparently stroke health services market harshly, with indications viewing that the nation's large referral hospitals control without key staff in many departments.
As per statistics of the Board of Health Services, out only thirty-six doctors of one hundred and forty five are available, whereas out of the one hundred and eighty nine specialist consultants required only seventy-two are available.
A discrepancy of about eighty-nine percent has been seen for only state government certified technicians in laboratory while certified nurses make up for a forty four percent and sisters in charge for a deficit of nineteen percent.
As per the chairman in Board of Health Services, high staff revenue owes to high living costs and daunting work environment characterized by inadequate equipment, poor housing, and insufficient drug supplies along with management issues like overbearing bureaucracy.
In 2002, UK issued a total of 2,346 work-permits for Zimbabwean nurses, making the country 4th largest of overseas nurses' supplier in UK after Philippines, India & South Africa. Healthcare facilities, fringe benefits, better salaries, and resources plus training and education opportunities are the most important requisites of health professionals, this was revealed in a survey.
Last week, relevant stakeholders met to formulate ways to mitigate the brain drain and staff migration experienced by Zimbabwe at present. The government has established a 2.2 million US dollars skill retention fund, which will benefit people with special skills.
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