BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe – November 2024: CURE Children’s Hospital of Zimbabwe, a hospital for children with treatable disabilities like knock knees, cleft lip, and bowed legs, has earned the highest possible patient safety rating from international accreditor SafeCare. This achievement highlights the hospital’s success in delivering high-quality surgical care so that children can grow up healthy. CURE Zimbabwe provides surgical care to children at no cost to patients or their families
“We are grateful that an independent and international organization like SafeCare has recognized CURE Zimbabwe’s dedication to positive patient outcomes,” said Jonathan Simpson, Executive Director at CURE Children’s Hospital of Zimbabwe. “We hope this achievement encourages more parents of children with medical conditions to contact us for a free consultation.”
CURE Zimbabwe exists to serve children who are suffering from surgically treatable disabilities with care that meets or exceeds international patient safety standards. To that end, the hospital entered the Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Certification Program by SafeCare in November 2022. The hospital has worked with SafeCare for the past two years to elevate the hospital’s standards to new heights, which resulted in the hospital attaining SafeCare Level 5 certification, the highest level of care possible.
“Surgical quality should be the same regardless of nationality, private or public funding, or the economic status of patients. We all deserve good care, so having quality standardized across borders, as demonstrated by CURE International, creates equity and assures patient safety,” said Millicent Olulo, Regional Director at SafeCare. “There is no doubt that CURE hospitals are committed to creating a positive impact in communities.”
For more information on SafeCare, visit https://www.safe-care.org/who-we-are/safecare-standards/
About the CURE Children’s Hospital of Zimbabwe
Established in April 2021, CURE Zimbabwe is the first and only hospital in the country of 14 million people to provide orthopedic care for disabilities such as clubfoot, bowed legs, and knock knees to children regardless of their economic status. The teaching hospital has 18 beds, three operating theaters, and an outpatient clinic. The hospital was refurbished by the Zimbabwe Orthopedic Trust in partnership with the Zimbabwean government and is located adjacent to United Bulawayo Hospital in Bulawayo.
