By Bulawayo Correspondent
THE government has seconded 12 nurses to the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) run Thorngrove Infectious Diseases Hospital as part of measures to assist the local authority manage Covid-19 infections which are on the increase in the city.
Speaking during a donation of beds at the medical facility by the Mat Health and Zimbabwe Christian Alliance Wednesday, the BCC director for health services, Edwin Sibanda confirmed the nurses were from the United Bulawayo Hospital (UBH) and will undergo training on how to treat Covid-19 patients.
“The current nurses do not have time to leave the ward. They have to be there all the time. We had a shortage of nurses and we appealed to the government for more nurses and they heard our plea,” said Sibanda.