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Centre in Mashonaland West.
They also donated a Mazda BT50 truck to the Police National Traffic Section.
Makuti residents and surrounding areas are travelling 77 kilometres to Kariba or about 33 kilometres to Nyamakate Clinic when they fall sick or when motorists are involved in accidents and need medical attention.
Last week, Transport, Communication and Infrastructure Development Permanent Secretary, Mr Patterson Mbiriri, said: “The major problem in Makuti is that it is a high accident zone with one of the most dangerous spots infamously called Wafa-wafa between the 301 and 303 kilometre peg along the Harare-Chirundu Road.
“The high accident rate translates to a high number of people injured who urgently need proper medical attention or else precious life is lost.”
The area is also susceptible to malaria. The clinic will be located between the Harare-Chirundu Road and the Makuti-Kariba Road, which is a major Sadc trade corridor. The clinic will be set up at a facility provided by the Tsetse Control Centre. At least 108 accidents occurred between the 240km and 312km peg while 78 accidents occurred along the Makuti-Kariba Road last year.
Mr Mbiriri said these frightening statistics had prompted the Transport Ministry to find ways of reducing carnage on the roads. The Mazda truck was donated to the police because their station did not have a vehicle to attend to accidents.
Kariba District Traffic Consultative Committee chairperson, Mr Everson Zhandah, said more was needed to be done to abate accidents in the area and the response by TSCZ was welcome.
Meanwhile, bread shortages have hit Chinhoyi Town, Mashonaland West and outlying areas amid reports that major bakeries are now concentrating on supplying Harare.
The big bakeries are understood to have recently informed retailers and tuckshop owners in the town that they will not be able to consistently supply them with bread due to the high demand in Harare.
This has seen business sharks with in-store bakeries selling expensive alternatives – such as cakes and dougnuts – to the desperate public.
Supermarkets such as TM and OK, which have in-store bakeries, have for days now been selling cakes and other confectioneries. Shelves that are usually filled with bread from different bakeries are empty.
Industry sources said it made business sense to supply Harare as it was cheaper than taking bread to Chinhoyi, Banket and Karoi among others.