His Excelleency President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa arrives at Stoneridge Health Centre.
By Knowledge Chingwecha
Government is committed to implementing comprehensive health sector reforms to ensure accessible and affordable health care, President Mnangagwa has said. Speaking during the official opening of Stoneridge Medical Centre in Harare south President Emmerson Mnangwgwa said: “I am honoured to officiate at this ceremony marking the handing over of the state-of-the-art Stoneridge Health Centre as well as 40 ambulances and an assortment of medical equipment. Since the advent of the Second Republic, my Government is implementing comprehensive reforms within our country’s health delivery system to enhance access to and affordability of health care” Stoneridge Health Centre has been designed with outpatient maternity and in-patient facilities along with ancillary facilities including a service yard and staff accommodation. “These facilities are designed to be central to the delivery of local health care forming important hubs providing a range of localised first step primary school healthcare services. “The construction of this clinic was made possible by the public private partnership between the Government of Zimbabwe and the Britain-based NMS Infrastructure LTD signed in 2019. I therefore direct the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works to speedily ensure that the Stoneridge community has access to quality services in line with my Government’s development philosophy of leaving no one and no place behind”, he said
The Ministry of Health and Child Care in collaboration with NMS Infrastructure has invested an estimated $210 million into bringing quality health care to all Zimbabweans. Part A of this project will deliver four by 20 bed health centres while Part B will deliver twenty-six by 20- bed health centres as well as five by 60 bed district hospitals. The newly built facility is the first of 30 health facilities to be built by NMSI in Zimbabwe and will offer a full range of primary healthcare services to patients from the surrounding community, including In and Out-Patient Care, X-Ray Facilities, Pharmacy, Laboratory, Maternity Care and Environmental Health.