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Talent Chimutambgi  and Nesia Mhaka
SOUTHERTON Constituency Community Development Trust (SCCDT) has constructed a 2,5 million-litre water reservoir and refurbished two boreholes at Harare Central Hospital to ease water challenges at the institution.

SCCDT carried out the work in collaboration with the District Development Fund (DDF).

The water tank is set to augment water supply at the hospital and save the institution from buying more than 90 000 litres daily.

Due to water rationing by the Harare City Council, the hospital was now failing to meet the  demand.

Speaking at the launch of the second phase of refurbishment, SCCDT chairman Mr Andrew Makahamadze said the trust’s dream was to upgrade the hospital into a world-class institution that offers the best services.

Mr Makahamadze, who is also an aspiring legislator for Southerton, said he was spearheading a number of other life-transforming projects in the constituency.

“As a trust, we want to see this hospital turning into a state-of-art institution offering the best services. Water challenges occasioned by council’s rationing will soon be a thing of the past.

“After learning of the water woes at this hospital, we consulted the DDF and resolved to jointly construct a water reservoir and to refurbish two boreholes,” he said.

Mr Makahamadze urged Zimbabweans to embrace the Transitional Stabilisation Pro0gramme (TSP), an economic blueprint aimed at turning around the economy by 2030.

“We need to embrace President Mnangagwa’s vision of transforming the country into an upper middle income economy through the Transitional Stabilisation Programme,” he said.

Mr Makahamadze said the trust was hosting a golf tournament at Warren Hills Golf Club to raise funds for the projects at the hospital, which also include renovation of the drainage system.

Harare Hospital public relations officer Ms Juliet Chikurunhe hailed the trust for the noble gesture saying it will go a long way easing water challenges at the referral hospital.

“Water is a major problem here. We were buying water to meet demand.

“We hope the big water reservoir erected here will improve the water supply and eventually end the problem,” she said.

Ms Chikurunhe said Harare Central Hospital, being the biggest referral hospital in the country with four departments, consumed large amounts of water.