Zimbabwe Medical Doctors Cry Foul After Earning US$80 (R1300) Monthly Salary

Zimbabwe Medical Doctors Cry Foul

Medical doctors in Zimbabwe are not happy with their remuneration. The doctors are crying foul after they received their monthly salaries for September of just ZWL$9 500. This amount translates to approximately US$80 or ZAR1 360.

These figures did not go down well with some medical doctors who took to social media to share their plight, questioning how the government expected to last a whole month with such paltry salaries.

Some of the doctors who took to social media warned of an inevitable brain drain, saying that they had no option but to leave the country if they are to live decent lives, befitting their education and skills.

One doctor wrote,

Another doctor also wrote,

The doctor went on to warn that since countries across the world are now reopening their bodies which had been closed due to the coronavirus, Zimbabwe is going to experience a massive brain drain.

Just three months back, an apparently starving medical doctor in Zimbabwe went viral when she begged for money for food on social media saying that she had to swallow her pride because she was  failing to make ends meet.

Medical doctors and nurses in Zimbabwe have had a fractious relationship with the government in the last few years which have seen the health professional going on frequent strikes citing poor remuneration and impoverishment.  The doctors always argue that they themselves cannot afford the medical care that they give to other people.

Recently, senior specialist doctors withdrew their services and joined the strike by nurses and other health personnel in the middle of the Covid-19 health crisis.  The issue appears to have been resolved for now.

Junior doctors reportedly earn an average of US$200 (R3 300) per month when all allowances are factored in. Last year, doctors at Zimbabwe’s state hospitals went on a four-month strike which crippled the health sector citing poor wages and a lack of adequate equipment and medicines.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has since appointed his deputy, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga Minister of Health and Child Care so that he can fix one of the country’s most inefficient ministries.

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