CHINHOYI -THE 15 th Nurses and Midwives graduation ceremony at Chinhoyi
Provincial Hospital marks a significant milestone in the journey of the graduands who
have dedicated themselves to nursing.
The total number of nurses who graduated was 158.
The Provincial Medical Director, Dr Celestin, who represented the Minister of Health
and Child Care, Dr Douglas Mombeshora, said the graduation was a celebration of
their achievements, acknowledgement of their achievements and commendation of
their hard work, dedication, and commitment to providing quality healthcare services
to communities.
Vision 2030 recognises that a healthy population is essential for a prosperous nation.
The overall outcome of the health and wellbeing priority area during the National
Development Strategy 1 (NDS 1) period is to improve quality life expectancy at birth,
benefiting from underlying strengths within the health system that include skilled,
knowledgeable and professional health workforce, firm foundations of Primary Health
Care and Hospital Care and improved quality of public health expenditure, said
Mombeshora.
Mombeshora added that Human Capital Development (HCD) and Innovation was
identified as the engine to drive the NDS 1. The National Health Strategy, identified
improving human resource performance in the health sector to be critical, while
strengthening training of health professionals to international standards, being
proffered as one of the important strategies. “Human capital development is what we
are here to witness today and contributes to the country’s prospects towards Vision
2030.”
Owen Jabulani Mlambo said he was motivated to enrol for nursing after realising that
there were a few males in the field.
“I realised that nursing still needs a lot of males to compliment female nurses, as
people assume that it is a career meant for women.
“I promise to provide good quality health care to patients without looking at one’s
status in life,” said Mlambo.
Mlambo added that he was looking forward to working, using new technology, as
now nursing uses technology.
Bianca Mutero was in a jovial world after she finally graduated, although she started
her training in 2017 and finished in 2020. It was during the Covid-19 era and could
not graduate.
“I am truly happy that I finally graduated, although it was a difficult road to walk
through during training,” said Mutero.
Nefutara Kanjunjuma said he was so happy that he graduated, it was not an easy
journey for him as he encountered many challenges.
“I would like to encourage other people out there that if you really want something
you must grab the opportunity and work very hard. Do not hesitate, for the sky is the
limit,” said Kanjunjuma.
With cholera being reported across the country, the overall message at the
graduation was the need to be vigilant with the practice of proper hand hygiene
among other interventions being critical.
