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Patients bring own water to hospitals
09 Sep 2013 at 05:24hrs | Views
Erratic water supplies to hospitals countrywide have created a health time bomb, in some cases patients, including expecting mothers, forced to bring their own water to the institutions.
Parirenyatwa Hospital staff quench their thirst at an outside tap that draws water from a borehole.
The situation is most dire at Harare and Parirenyatwa Groups of Hospitals in the capital city.
Experts say health institutions without running water should be shut down in accordance with international law.
There is growing concern that there could be serious disease outbreaks at the two institutions if the situation is not urgently addressed.
The unreliable water supply has virtually paralysed operations, forcing relatives and friends of the patients under hospitalisation to bring water from home for bathing and drinking.
Parirenyatwa Hospital staff quench their thirst at an outside tap that draws water from a borehole.
The situation is most dire at Harare and Parirenyatwa Groups of Hospitals in the capital city.
There is growing concern that there could be serious disease outbreaks at the two institutions if the situation is not urgently addressed.
The unreliable water supply has virtually paralysed operations, forcing relatives and friends of the patients under hospitalisation to bring water from home for bathing and drinking.
Source - thestandard
