THE Presidential Emergency Medical Scheme is gaining significant traction, with the Gokwe North District community being the latest to benefit.
This initiative brings healthcare services directly to residents’ doorsteps, while also offering free first-aid training for young people.
The programme, which has been oversubscribed in the district, has seen local youths equipped with critical skills to manage emergencies.
This effort not only addresses immediate healthcare needs but also empowers the younger generation with essential life-saving abilities, enhancing the community’s overall resilience.
“I am very happy to have attended this programme which offered me some life skills.
I now know what to do when I see people who have been involved in a car accident to keep them alive until they get help, a beneficiary of the programme”, he said.
“I want to thank our President for bringing these doctors to this side. I have a chronic disease and this programme has ensured that I get the necessary checkup and the pills for BP.This programme should just continue as it serves lives.
“I want to thank my President and the local legislator, my epileptic son received a wheelchair. It shows that those with disabilities are also remembered,” another added.
The Presidential Emergency Medical Scheme is a result of a partnership between Discovery Ambulance Services and a leading telecommunications company.
“Our visionary President has made it very clear that this country can only be built by its own people. We are Zimbabweans and as such we have a role to play in developing our own nation.
This is our small way of contributing to that development,” Discovery Ambulance Services Corporate Legal Secretary, Dr Takudzwa Zvobgo said.
“The President’s mantra of leaving no one and no place behind requires us to reach out to all corners of the country.
Our thrust is to make sure that we are seen to be playing our part in every part of the country, our mandate requires us to go where there is need,” Telone’s Corporate Services Director, Mr Crispen Dimba added.
Gokwe Kabuyuni legislator Honourable Spencer Tshuma expressed appreciation for the efforts of development partners, stating that their contributions will significantly aid in achieving Vision 2030.
“What we are witnessing here is a clear testimony that Vision 2030 is indeed achievable. We have seen people’s health being taken care of.
For us to achieve Vision 2030, we need a healthy nation so that we are together to achieve it.
“People have also been given food to cushion them until the harvesting period. We know that last season was bad, now as a district, we have been given 40 boreholes to be drilled at various centres.
We are just waiting for the rains to subside and the works will begin. We have since identified the sites and we are good to go.”
The Second Republic is working on improving the lives of marginalised communities, aligning with its vision to achieve an upper-middle-income society by 2030.
