ABOUT $1,7 million owed to Gweru Provincial Hospital by patients and medical aid societies is crippling operations at the institution.
The hospital's medical superintendent, Dr Fabian Mashingaidze, confirmed the reporte and said PSMAS was topping the group of deptors.
He said as a result of the ballooning debt, operations at the medical institution had beenaffected. He said they were finding it difficult to provide critical services.
The current dept is $1,7 million owed to the hospital by individual patients and medical aid societies. PSMAS owes the hospital $500 000.
Dr Mashingaidze said before engaging the debt collectors, the hospital sends text messages to the patients as a way of reminding them to pay up their debts.
- Sunday News
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