LOCAL GOVERNMENT / MUNICIPAL LAW

Appearing before the Medical & Dental Practitioners Council of Zimbabwe (MDPCZ)

The Medical & Dental Practitioners Council of Zimbabwe (MDPCZ) is a specialised statutory Council which is the custos morum of the medical and dental profession in Zimbabwe...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT / MUNICIPAL LAW

Medical Negligence in Zimbabwe

In the foreword to G Feltoe & TJ Nyapadi, Law & Medicine in Zimbabwe (Baobab Books in Association with the Legal Resources Foundation, 1989, Harare), Dr RJ Ndlovu noted that...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT / MUNICIPAL LAW

Medical negligence in emergency and maternity awards in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is witnessing a significant increase in the number of health care facilities being established in the country, such as municipal clinics, district hospitals...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT / MUNICIPAL LAW

Court application for the removal of a person from a ventilator machine or other life support system in Zimbabwe

The concept of mercy-killing, that is infanticide, or assisted suicide is illegal and frowned upon both in terms of customary law and statutory law. The position of our law is...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT / MUNICIPAL LAW

The right to health care services in Zimbabwe

The government has a responsibility to take all practical measures to ensure the provision of basic, accessible and adequate health services throughout the country...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT / MUNICIPAL LAW

Suing a clinic, hospital or doctor in Zimbabwe

Did you know that it is possible to sue a clinic, hospital or doctor for medical negligence in Zimbabwe? Hospital authorities...