THE Health Service Board (HSB) has suspended the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) executive for allegedly inciting their colleagues to go on strike.
Four doctors at the helm of the ZHDA have been served with suspension letters for allegedly influencing members of their union to strike between October 2014 and February 2016.
ZHDA president Dr Fortune Nyamande, secretary, Dr Rusununguko Kanyongo, secretary general, Dr Gadzirai Makoni and vice-president Dr Hugh Manyere, were on Monday issued with letters of suspension without pay, with immediate effect.
They have been suspended for three months while the disciplinary committee carried out its investigations into the case.
The ZHDA has since resolved to take legal action and immediately mobilise doctors through its structures and affiliates for a nationwide solidarity campaign in support of the suspended doctors.
HSB spokesperson, Dr Nyasha Maravanyika said: "The four doctors are alleged to have been inciting members of the health service to engage in nationwide strikes. This occurred in a period from October 2014 to February 2016."
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