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MHCT fights Hydrocephalus
The joys of expectant parents are shuttered upon hearing these words, "Your child has a bigger head than any normal child and you have to go through a caesarian section to give birth." What! a big hea...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 11:00hrs | 14 | by Health Correspondent
Stanbic Bank's donation pays off as number of births shoots up by 100 % at Sally Mugabe Maternity Hospital
The number of caesarean operations at Sally Mugabe Central Hospital Maternity wing has shot up by 100 percent following the renovation and re-equipping of theatre 1 by financial services institution, ...Published: 31 May 2021 at 14:01hrs | | by Agencies
UBH suspends surgeries due to water shortages
BULAWAYO City Council's 36-hour water rationing programme has forced United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) to suspend all surgical operations, putting patients' lives at risk.UBH chief executive off...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
$5 million availed for construction of Umzingwane Hospital
The Ministry of Health and Child Care has allocated $5 million towards the construction of a new district hospital for Umzingwane under the Public Sector Investment Programme (PSIP).The curren...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 20:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hospital fees skyrocket
ZIMBABWE has been plunged into yet another health crisis as hospital fees have sharply risen, well beyond the affordability of most citizens, with most private health institutions now demanding paymen...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:49hrs | 59 | by Staff reporter
I only slapped her, says pregnant wife 'killer'
A BULAWAYO man assaulted his "cheating" pregnant wife resulting in her death soon after giving birth following a domestic feud over the paternity of their unborn child.The woman, who was 39 we...Published: 28 Jul 2017 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo's ethics of liberation
Since his sad passing away on 1 July 1999 Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo's name and life have continued to arrest public attention and imagination at a world scale.As I write the Zimbabwean historian an...Published: 25 Jun 2017 at 12:18hrs | 1 | by Cetshwayo Mabhena
'Upgrade Mpilo, Harare hospitals'
Harare and Mpilo central hospitals require a major facelift to match the burden of care and modern hospital designs, Health and Child Care Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa has said.Dr Parirenyat...Published: 14 May 2017 at 14:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Doctors fleece health insurers
Private doctors are reportedly "over treating" their patients by ordering unnecessary procedures like laboratory tests, x-rays and scans to milk health insurers. This is despite the fact that ...Published: 10 Sep 2016 at 07:57hrs | | by Paidamoyo Chipunza
Grace Mugabe opens Zaoga hospital
The First Lady Dr Grace Mugabe yesterday said it was possible for locals to initiate and complete million-dollar projects without aid from outsiders. Officially opening the Mbuya Dorcas Hospital in Ha...Published: 10 Jun 2016 at 06:34hrs | | by Paidamoyo Chipunza
From Siamese twins to one bundle of bliss
Zimbabwe celebrated a landmark surgical achievement in April 2014 when a team of health professionals led by Mr Bothwell Mbuvayesango successfully conducted an operation to separate Siamese twins Tapi...Published: 24 Apr 2016 at 16:53hrs | | by Shamiso Yikoniko
This and that with Mal'phosa - Happy birthday, Zimbabwe
Happy birthday, Zimbabwe. You were born out so much blood, as if from some inevitable and necessary Caesarian section. And like old dark, ominous, stinking blood clots from a Caesarian section, yo...Published: 19 Apr 2015 at 14:59hrs | 2 | by Clerk Ndlovu
SA hospital refuses to help pregnant Zimbabwean
JOHANNESBURG - A Zimbabwean woman who needed urgent medical attention has told Eyewitness News how staff at the Tambo Memorial Hospital in Boksburg refused to help her saying she's a foreigner and did...Published: 25 Feb 2015 at 13:40hrs | 2 | by EWN
Baby thief on the run
THE WOMAN, who stood accused of kidnapping two babies in the capital, is on the run.Sandra Matunga, of N0.12 4th floor Sasdale Flat in the Avenues Area, found herself on the police wanledlist ...Published: 05 Feb 2015 at 10:26hrs | 1 | by Nyore Madzianike
26 babies born on Christmas day in Bulawayo
TWENTY-SIX babies were born on Christmas Day at Bulawayo's three largest hospitals. Mpilo Central Hospital successfully delivered 15 babies while United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) delivered eight...Published: 27 Dec 2014 at 05:29hrs | | by Charity Ruzvidzo
Good Samaritan steals newborn baby
A 24-year-old Harare woman, who pretended to be a Good Samaritan to an expectant mother admitted at a city hospital, before 'stealing' her newly born baby, has been arrested.Sandra Matunga of...Published: 14 Nov 2014 at 05:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Morality should drive the Medical Profession
The Sunday Mail's story on Joseph Michael Swango, an American serial killer Doctor, who preyed on his patients at Mnene Mission Hospital in Mberengwa, makes for sad reading, provoking emotions of ...Published: 19 Jun 2014 at 07:45hrs | 3 | by Suitable Kajau
Woman dumped for giving birth through caesarian procedure
A Marondera woman, Lillian July, last week left the court stunned when she said her husband of four years had dumped her for giving birth through caesarian procedure.July made the disclosu...Published: 26 May 2014 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe siamese twins die of heart complications
The Siamese twins born to a Kadoma woman a fortnight ago have died. The pair succumbed to heart complications at Harare Hospital, where they had been transferred to from Chegutu Hospital for spec...Published: 09 Feb 2014 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman gives birth to 2-headed baby
A Kadoma woman has given birth to siamese twins. Siamese twins are defined by medical experts as a pair of identical twins born with their bodies joined at some point, a result of the incomplete...Published: 02 Feb 2014 at 09:44hrs | | by Sharon Kavhu
Woman gives birth on the street
A woman from Masvingo's Mucheke suburb whose age could not be ascertained gave birth to a bouncing baby girl on the street while on her way to a prayer session at a nearby shrine.The incident ...Published: 04 May 2013 at 05:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
World's first boy to survive being born with a heart outside the body
When Ryan Marquiss was born with his heart outside of his body, doctors didn't expect him to survive.It is an incredibly rare condition and usually babies are stillbor...Published: 23 Feb 2012 at 14:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
10-year-old Girl gives birth to baby boy by Caesarian section
A 10-year-old Mexican girl has given birth to a baby boy after a 31-week pregnancy, according to reports.The premature infant, which weighed 3.3 pounds, was born by Caesarian section at the Wo...Published: 12 Nov 2011 at 10:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
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