Private Hospitals have suspended the 20% fee increase announced last month, it has been learnt.
REPORT BY KUPAKWASHE MAKONYE OWN CORRESPONDENT
This followed a directive by the Health and Child Welfare ministry to suspend the 20% tariff increase.
The Private Hospital Association of Zimbabwe (PHAZ) and the Association of Health Care Funders of Zimbabwe were ordered to come up with a tariff that was acceptable to both parties, failure of which the government would impose a new fee structure this month.
The parties would now meet next Wednesday to try and find common ground.
A senior PHAZ official at a private clinic in Harare yesterday confirmed the move to suspend the tariff increase pending consutlations.
“We obviously followed the directive from the ministry (Health) and we suspended the 20% fee increase that had been added. This was done as of two weeks ago,” the official said.
Consultation fees at private hospitals had risen to $50, up from $40 against $10 charged at public health institutions. Private doctors charge a minimum of $20 for consultation, which varies from surgery to surgery.
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