Govt hospitals face collapse

Major referral hospitals across the country are on the brink of collapse owing to rising debts, outdated equipment, poor funding and maladministration, among other pressing issues conspiring to put the lives of ordinary Zimbabweans at risk.

Investigations revealed that government is racing against time to avert the total collapse of public hospitals, which cater for the majority of Zimbabwe's 13 million people.

Fears among health experts are that, at the rate the situation is deteriorating, the country's public hospitals could be rendered impotent and unable to attend to even minor ailments.