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Zimbabwe public health collapse
The cries of doctors at Zimbabwe's largest public hospital appear to have fallen on deaf ears and an increasing number of health professionals are emigrating, resulting in a dearth of cancer treatment...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 08:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Parirenyatwa's doctors on-call doctors sleep in cars
DOCTORS based at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals have demanded a meeting over the deteriorating conditions at the hospital which they say are leading to patients dying from preventable illnesses....Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 05:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga ex-wife's bid to shift attempted murder trial to SA fails
Court has rejected a bid by Marry Mubaiwa to have her trial shifted to South Africa where the attempted murder on her ex-husband and Zimbabwe Vice President Constantino Chiwenga allegedly took place....Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 17:08hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's ex-wife awaits attempted murder trial date
THE State will furnish Marry Mubaiwa with a trial date when she returns to court on July 6 on charges of attempting to kill Vice President Constantino Chiwenga during the time he was hospitalised in S...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Marry to stand trial for alleged attempted murder
THE case in which Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's ex-wife, Marry is accused of attempted murder is now ready for trial, the State has said.Marry was in court yesterday where cases in whi...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 14:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Marry Chiwenga's attempted murder trial set for 1 November
The National Prosecuting Authority has set 1 November 2021 as the tentative date for the trial of former 2nd Lady Marry Mubaiwa-Chiwenga who is accused of attempting to murder Vice President General C...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 12:56hrs | 5 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mpilo opens heart unit for children
MPILO Central Hospital opened a pediatric cardiac centre yesterday, the second in Zimbabwe as Government pushes to ensure that those suffering from congenital heart diseases (CHD) are attended to loca...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Marry savages 'evil' Chiwenga
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has come under severe criticism from his estranged wife, Marry, who described him as an evil man who is causing her untold suffering and denying her access to her c...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's wife in awful pain
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife Marry has filed an urgent High Court application seeking the release of her passport to allow her to receive urgent medical attention in South Afri...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 16:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa receives medical equipment
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said government will continue striving to make health services affordable and accessible as it resuscitates the health sector.Speaking during the handover of m...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Of heroes betrayed, forgotten
When, in the fullness of time, the lies can hold no longer, when the frail bottom of deception falls off, when the foggy morning dew of orchestrated media smokescreens withers and gives way to the pow...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:55hrs | | by Zifiso Masiye
The dirty truth about OIL
What does "oil" make you think of? Do "invasions" and "emissions" top your list? Why have leaders thought it worth spilling so much blood for the sake of this pungent mud? And why has it been so hard ...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 10:13hrs | | by Erick Matotoba
Ex-convict drags prison officer to court
An ex-convict who was recently released from Mutimurefu Prison under the Presidential Amnesty has sued a prison officer at the prison for allegedly assaulting him while he was still serving his six ye...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schwarzenegger 'undergoes emergency open-heart surgery'
Terminator star Arnold Schwarzenegger has undergone emergency open-heart surgery, according to US reports.The 70-year-old actor had the medical procedure on Thursday, according to TMZ....Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 18:44hrs | | by news.sky.com
Zimbabwe court frees American citizen charged with attempting to overthrow Mugabe
A ZIMBABWEAN court has set free Martha O'Donovan, an American citizen, who was arrested last year and charged with subverting a constitutional government and undermining authority of or insulting Robe...Published: 04 Jan 2018 at 11:09hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
American woman who 'insulted' Mugabe gets bail
HARARE - An American woman charged with subversion for allegedly insulting 93-year-old president Robert Mugabe has been granted bail after spending seven nights in a Zimbabwean prison. Martha ...Published: 09 Nov 2017 at 16:02hrs | | by Staff Reporter
American citizen denies plot to topple Mugabe
American citizen, Martha O'Donovan, who is currently languishing at Chikurubi Maximum Prison, has denied allegations that she wanted to topple President Robert Mugabe's government, in a bail appeal fi...Published: 07 Nov 2017 at 12:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZLHR intensifies freedom bid for American woman arrested for insulting Mugabe
HUMAN rights lawyers were on Saturday working on filing a bail application seeking an order for the release of Martha O'Donovan, an American citizen, who was arrested and charged with subverting a con...Published: 05 Nov 2017 at 14:29hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mugabe 'catheter' photo goes viral
A photo of 93-year-old president Robert Mugabe has gone viral online with people wondering if he has a catheter in his trousers.Some people are even suggesting the president appears to be wear...Published: 11 Oct 2017 at 10:50hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter
Cry the beloved Zimbabwe, our nurses have lost the passion to serve, at your pocket's service
Nurses have a professional duty to respect patients' dignity. But a visit in our hospitals back home is a chilling experience. Where starting from the door the security guards treat relatives of patie...Published: 05 Sep 2017 at 14:44hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Cornered cheat lunges at hubby's manhood in bush sex drama
CAUGHT in action!A woman from Ntabazinduna was reportedly banished from the village after her husband caught her in the act with another villager in a bushy area.The husband, Fetie Mbe...Published: 21 Jul 2017 at 08:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Genital malfunction' soldier sues hospital for $44,000
A PATIENT is suing South Medical Chitungwiza Hospital for $44 000 for negligence after the medical institution improperly inserted a catheter into his manhood causing serious injury that has seen ...Published: 01 Nov 2016 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutharika joins Mugabe in a relentless race to the bottom
Malawi's President, Peter Mutharika shares much in common with Zimbabwe's nonagenarian leader, Robert Mugabe. Similarities have the capacity to evoke nostalgia, but when it comes to these two men, fam...Published: 03 Oct 2016 at 17:24hrs | | by Maynard Manyowa
Swallow a balloon to lose weight, say experts
San Diego, CA - People with obesity who are struggling to control their weight might soon have a new treatment option - swallowing gas-filled balloons that help them eat less, according to research pr...Published: 25 May 2016 at 08:32hrs | 2 | by Digestive Disease Week® (DDW)
Zimbabwe to resume kidney transplants
Zimbabwe is set to resume kidney transplants early next year after the first project was abandoned in 1992. The project - to be run by Chitungwiza Central Hospital - will save huge sums in foreign cur...Published: 15 Dec 2015 at 05:17hrs | | by Paidamoyo Chipunza
Nurses leave tube in old man's penis!
A FAMILY from Tembisa, east of Joburg, is fuming after an old relative of theirs was allegedly mistreated by Tembisa Hospital staff.According to Daily Sun the family said Andrew Toka (61) went...Published: 10 Jun 2015 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Parirenyatwa undresses MDC-T's Dr Labode
HEALTH and Child Care Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa has castigated the chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Health and Child Care, Dr Ruth Labode, for blowing the issue of expired drugs at t...Published: 14 Jun 2014 at 07:26hrs | | by Patrick Chitumba
Bulawayo Hospitals shamed over expired drugs
Management at three major Bulawayo hospitals have been shamed after a team of visiting legislators discovered millions of dollars worth of expired drugs in storage areas, along with unused equipment a...Published: 05 Jun 2014 at 17:30hrs | | by Tererai Karimakwenda
Expired drugs discovered at Ingutsheni, Mpilo, UBH
THREE major Bulawayo hospitals have lost drugs including antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) and medical devices worth millions of dollars which expired while being kept in storerooms at the institutions. ...Published: 05 Jun 2014 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Private pharmacy for Mpilo Hospital
Mpilo Central Hospital has invited bids from reputable service providers to operate a private pharmacy within the hospital premises amid reports the health institution's chemist is in dire need of dru...Published: 13 Mar 2014 at 14:48hrs | | by Bridgette Bugalo
Woman cuts off hubby's manhood
A woman has reportedly sawn off her husband's penis with a bread knife after catching him cheating on her with another man.The Brazilian man and his penis were rushed to hospital but the orga...Published: 17 Aug 2013 at 21:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Penis-less man sues doctor after penis amputation
Shelbyville, Kentucky - A doctor said on Monday that he saved a truck driver's life when he amputated part of the man's penis after discovering a rare and deadly cancer, but the man told a jury he wan...Published: 23 Aug 2011 at 10:27hrs | | by AP
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