Byo residents fume over UBH top job Winos Dube
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Pamela Shumba Senior Reporter
BULAWAYO residents have slammed the Health Services Board (HSB) for ordering United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) authorities to re-advertise the operations director’s post.

The HSB directive came five months after interviews were conducted.

The board said only applicants from the southern region were interviewed as the job was advertised in The Chronicle and The Sunday News only.

The HSB said the hospital post, which fell vacant following the retirement of Elliot Mashingaidze at the end of last year, must also be advertised in The Herald and the Sunday Mail.

The decision has not gone down well with Bulawayo residents.

Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) programmes manager, Emmanuel Ndlovu, said it was unfortunate that the HSB views The Chronicle and Sunday News as regional papers, yet they are national.

“This is the mentality that has led us to this downfall. We’re watching what is happening, not only at the UBH but at all public institutions in Bulawayo. We’ll definitely engage the Ministry’s secretary and make sure that a qualified candidate from this region takes up the post,” Ndlovu said.

He said what was surprising was that some jobs in the Health Ministry in Harare and the country at large were not advertised in The Chronicle and The Sunday News but the board has not complained.

“Does it therefore follow that all posts filled without the posts being advertised in The Chronicle and Sunday News are null and void?”, asked Ndlovu.

Bulawayo Residents’ Association (Bura) chairperson, Winos Dube, said the HSB directive was suspicious.

“If those interviewed are qualified for the job why should the hospital re-advertise?” asked Dube.

In a letter to UBH chief executive officer Nonhlanhla Ndlovu, HSB executive director Ruth Kaseke said the post should be re-advertised in all the national papers, The Chronicle, The Sunday News, The Herald and the Sunday Mail.

“It’s noted that the post was only advertised in The Chronicle and Sunday News, resulting in the applicants being sourced from the southern region of the country. It would’ve been preferable if the advertising had attracted responses from the whole country. Having noted the above, the HSB resolved that the post be re-advertised in all the national papers,” said Kaseke.

 

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