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The project had been subject to intense opposition by some neighbours who felt noise from the 24-hour medical facility would disturb the peace of the area. A visit to the medical centre yesterday confirmed that operations had begun in earnest as patients were being attended to.

The centre is one of very few medical facilities in Zimbabwe that accept all medical aid cards while using the latest equipment in the medical field. The 24-hour facility boasts of an ambulance service, pharmacy, dental unit and a trauma management unit in addition to doctors consulting rooms.

The eye unit is still to open to the public together with the radiology centre and the laboratory. The medical centre offers free Internet services to patients or people accompanying the sick.
“We have been cleared to operate. It’s a dream come true for me. I am happy with operations,” said Dr Kereke.

In April council approved the conversion of the property into a medical centre effectively overriding resistance towards the project. Councillors who toured the project in May appealed for the replication of the facility in their wards. Councillors also felt people who were objecting to the development were affluent and could afford to seek medical attention outside the country thereby disadvantaging the majority without the means.