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Herbalist receives death threats
10 May 2015 at 10:12hrs | Views
ST PETERS Diagnostic Centre - a private complimentary medicine and herbal clinic owned by Cephas Gwamure (40) is slowly but surely becoming Masvingo's busiest clinic amid revelations that around 400 patients from different corners of the country are treated there on a daily basis.
St Peters is the only clinic which specialises in using complementary medicine and diet as well as herbal medication in treating chronic diseases in Masvingo.
On a normal day, Gwamure goes to work at 7:30am and closes around midnight.
He starts with attending to an average of 60 patients at his clinic at Jerera Growth Point before embarking on a 70km journey to Masvingo town where he has opened three centres, with one in town, the second at Sisk Shopping Centre while the third one is in Target Kopje residential area. Being the only mobile health centre in Masvingo that effectively deals with patients suffering from cancer, high blood pressure (BP), diabetes, fertility problems, mental problems and blindness among other chronic diseases, there is no doubt that Gwamure's private herbal clinic has become a typical mobile health centre designed to assist many patients.
"People are flocking from all corners of the country and we have a solution to each and every problem. Sometime people run away from general hospital beds and come to us because we have a quantum machine which detects the causes of sickness within 56 seconds. We deal with complex situations which doctors would have failed to treat, we have recorded a 100 percent success rate," said Gwamure.
Having established just last year, St Peters Diagnostic Centre has become very popular to the extent that people are coming from as far as Harare for treatment.
"I am happy that they have managed to solve my problem. I was taking BP tablets for more than three years but after receiving treatment here, my situation normalised," said Edwin Musekiwa. Although medical doctors in Zaka confirmed that they were aware of how St Peters is assisting the general public, they could not comment referring all the questions to Provincial Medical Director (PMD) Dr Robert Mudyiradima who said he was not aware of Gwamure's work.
"I will have to find out how he is operating before giving a proper comment," said Dr Mudyiradima.
However, Gwamure said he is facing resistance from competitors who are against him operating in Masvingo.
He said he received death threats messages from unknown assailants two months ago.
"I was already thinking of relocating to another province but some senior officials from the police told me that they were going to investigate the issue so that the rogue elements are dealt with," said Gwamure.
St Peters also runs an ambulance service and maternity home in Zaka. The ambulance has helped a lot of people who often need urgent attention at referral hospitals.
Gwamure said he was passionate about medicine from his childhood. He joined nursing at the age of 18 before going to Malaysia where he furthered his studies in complementary medicine.
St Peters is the only clinic which specialises in using complementary medicine and diet as well as herbal medication in treating chronic diseases in Masvingo.
On a normal day, Gwamure goes to work at 7:30am and closes around midnight.
He starts with attending to an average of 60 patients at his clinic at Jerera Growth Point before embarking on a 70km journey to Masvingo town where he has opened three centres, with one in town, the second at Sisk Shopping Centre while the third one is in Target Kopje residential area. Being the only mobile health centre in Masvingo that effectively deals with patients suffering from cancer, high blood pressure (BP), diabetes, fertility problems, mental problems and blindness among other chronic diseases, there is no doubt that Gwamure's private herbal clinic has become a typical mobile health centre designed to assist many patients.
"People are flocking from all corners of the country and we have a solution to each and every problem. Sometime people run away from general hospital beds and come to us because we have a quantum machine which detects the causes of sickness within 56 seconds. We deal with complex situations which doctors would have failed to treat, we have recorded a 100 percent success rate," said Gwamure.
Having established just last year, St Peters Diagnostic Centre has become very popular to the extent that people are coming from as far as Harare for treatment.
"I will have to find out how he is operating before giving a proper comment," said Dr Mudyiradima.
However, Gwamure said he is facing resistance from competitors who are against him operating in Masvingo.
He said he received death threats messages from unknown assailants two months ago.
"I was already thinking of relocating to another province but some senior officials from the police told me that they were going to investigate the issue so that the rogue elements are dealt with," said Gwamure.
St Peters also runs an ambulance service and maternity home in Zaka. The ambulance has helped a lot of people who often need urgent attention at referral hospitals.
Gwamure said he was passionate about medicine from his childhood. He joined nursing at the age of 18 before going to Malaysia where he furthered his studies in complementary medicine.
Source - sundaynews
