End of the road for Solanki

hammerPaidamoyo Chipunza Senior Health Reporter
Dr Vivek Solanki, former owner of the Trauma Centre in Avondale, Harare, was on Thursday forced to stop all his business operations to pave way for African Medical Investments (AMI) following a Supreme Court ruling on September 23 against his ownership claims.
This latest development comes barely 24 hours after Dr Solanki had vowed to stay put despite attempts by the Sheriff to evict him.

“I have lost but the bigger loss is for the nation because of the charity work we were doing here,” Dr Solanki said in a telephone interview.

He said charity projects such as the cancer treatment clinic, which was being run by Musha Mukadzi of the Zimbabwe National Army, treatment of people with hearing problems and distribution of free hearing aids were dealt a huge blow.

“I have been forced to leave and stop all the work I was doing,” he said.

Asked on the fate of patients who were admitted at the institution, Dr Solanki said they have all been moved to other health institutions but all employees and equipment would remain at the institution.

Although Dr Solanki claimed ownership of the institution, Sable Minings – who are the winning tenant – said Dr Solanki was only a tenant when AMI brought in US$10 million as capital to construct the centre into a state-of-the-art institution.

In an interview with ZBC, Sable Minings chairman Mr Andy Mhlanga said it is surprising that Dr Solanki now claims to be the legitimate owner of Trauma Centre.

The case was heard in the Supreme Court in June under case number CC43 of 2014 and Dr Solanki appealed to the Constitutional Court.

However, the Chief Justice referred the case back to the Supreme Court which made its ruling on September 23.

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