Note: Cuba lends medical assistance to Zimbabwe? Seems these doctors flee from sheer greed for come to big rich USA and serve Hollywood movie stars? Or should they better serve in the ghettos of New York City and other cities in the USA.....where the streets are still being made from gold? Tell me where were these doctors when the white farmers were being mutilated and butchered along with their black employees who remained loyal and on the job growing food for all - now the government responsible for stealing their land, are appealing for food for these morons could not grow a weed without instruction and professional help. Saba
Doctors Flee Zimbabwe As AIDS Crisis Widens >From Dr. Cary Savitch, MD [EMAIL PROTECTED]| 6-6-1 With over 30 percent of the pregnant women HIV-infected, and knowing the risks of transmission from blood splash injuries, docs and nurses are running off. CS By Henri E. Cauvin New York Times Fleeing the deepening hardships in Zimbabwe and following the lure of opportunities unimaginable there, medical professionals are leaving the country as never before. As a result, the health care system in Zimbabwe, a nation with one of the world's worst AIDS epidemics, is sinking into crisis. Over the last few years, as many as 100 doctors and hundreds -if not thousands -of nurses are estimated to have emigrated from the country of 11 million people. When asked what was luring away his staff, Dr. Zulu Mahlangu, acting medical superintendent of Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo, said, "It's money first and foremost." Doctors in government service typically earn $550 to $1,100 a month in Zimbabwe, and nurses from $350 to $500, according to the Health Ministry and the nurses' union. So countries experiencing critical health care staffing shortages have found legions of workers in Zimbabwe looking for something better. Currently in Zimbabwe, of the 600 posts for doctors in government hospitals, nearly 100 are vacant, as are 600 of the 5,000 positions for general nurses, said Davies G. Dhlamkama, the Health Ministry's director of technical support. Such shortages in medical staff mean that many treatable conditions remain untreated among Zimbabwe citizens. The sort of specialized treatment that was once available only in the capital city is increasingly not offered any more. Mpilo Central has only three staff obstetricians to deliver 11,000 babies a year, and two of those are on loan from Cuba, where they spend several weeks each year.
