BULAWAYO City Council clinics are set to receive Starlink kits from the government in order to improve its communication systems at the city’s health centres.
According to the latest council minutes, the director for health services Edwin Mzingwane Sibanda said the ministry was rolling out Starlink connectivity kits for health facilities.
“City of Bulawayo Health Services Department was earmarked to benefit from a donation of these kits from MoHCC [Ministry of Health and Child Care] in all its 22 clinics and Thorngrove Hospital,” the minutes read.
“The gesture was envisaged to provide a reliable broadband for remote tele-consultations --- reducing travel and speeding referral, a seamless Impilo EHR access and reducing workloads with real-time data flowing to the National Data Centre for better monitoring and response.”
The minutes state that the City of Bulawayo would be expected to cover monthly subscription costs of US$109 per facility.
“The ministry would install these kits and provide technical support. The installation of these kits countrywide was expected to commence in the first week of August 2025,” the report read.
“The department was in support of this initiative as it complemented the city’s vision to become a smart and transformative city.
“The Ministry of Health and Child Care was currently working on paper reduction and decommissioning of all paper based registers and hence a reliable internet connectivity was pivotal to see this vision to fruition.”
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The minutes added: “It was resolved to recommend that council authorises installation of Starlink connectivity kits from the MoHCC in the 22 health facilities and that council pays US$109 monthly subscriptions.”
