1. INTRODUCTION
As part of its oversight role overthe Ministry of Health and Child Care, the Portfolio Committee on Health and Child Care resolved to enquire into the state of affairs of the health delivery system in Zimbabwe. The public outcry over poor health services and lack of access to the same led to the Cornmittee's decision to conduct an inquiry into the management of the five central hospitals as a way of ensuring that the health provision as enshrined in the constitution is upheld.