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Trauma Centre still shut, owners allay fears

by Staff Reporter
30 Oct 2014 at 07:19hrs | Views

THE Trauma Centre and Hospital Harare that was closed last month after its owner Dr Vivek Solanki, lost his bid in the courts to take control of the institution is still closed although the directors are making frantic efforts to reopen the facility.

Dr Solanki was evicted from the hospital early this month after the Supreme Court confirmed that AMI were the sole owners of the medical facility leaving several trauma patients stranded.

AMI Zimbabwe head Peter Annesley said in an interview this week that there were a number of reasons that led to the temporary closure of the hospital.

"We have discovered that vital core equipment such as savers have been removed," he said. "Some of the equipment taken away has a significant impact on the operations of the hospital.

"We are in the process of doing a thorough audit of the equipment left and looking at the state of the equipment to see if it is still working.

We are also liaising with licence regulatory authorities because we need to re-apply for some of the licences," Annesley was quoted as saying by the Herald today.

"Following the above-mentioned audit exercises and re-licensing of the hospital, the group expects AMI Hospital Harare to commence trading in the shortest possible and feasible period."

In the ruling which removed Dr Solanki from the hospital, Justice Anne Gowora also set aside an earlier implemented, but defective eviction order granted to Dr Solanki's Autoband Investments (owners of Trauma Centre) against the appellant, AMI's Streamsleigh Investments.

The dispute brought before the Supreme Court centred on which of the two companies, Autoband and Streamsleigh was entitled to the physical occupation and possession of Trauma Centre.

In her ruling, Justice Gowora said Dr Solanki had no right to claim ownership of Trauma Centre.


Source - Herald