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Zimbabwe in record kidney failure cases
Zimbabwe registers approximately 1,000 cases of kidney failure each year due to restricted access to early diagnosis and treatment, a challenge that continues to put lives at risk.Speaking dur...Published: 11 Mar 2025 at 16:56hrs | 1369 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo teacher to undergo life-saving kidney transplant in India
After a prolonged battle with chronic kidney disease, 52-year-old Mrs. Isabel Mavengano, a dedicated teacher from Bulawayo, is set to leave the country today for a life-saving kidney transplant in Ind...Published: 30 Jan 2025 at 06:50hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe war vets blame govt as life gets tough
VETERANS of the liberation struggle have decried neglect by the government at a time they are are earning US$120 in monthly pensions despite a deepening socio-economic crisis which has left them vulne...Published: 19 May 2024 at 11:46hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
United Bulawayo Hospitals now doing brain operations
A SUPER-SPECIALIST hospital is set to be constructed at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH), a move that will reduce the number of locals going outside the country to get specialised surgeries....Published: 14 May 2023 at 11:34hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Sally Mugabe renal unit disappears
THE renal unit at Chitungwiza Central Hospital (CCH) named after the late former President Robert Mugabe's late first wife Sally collapsed and disappeared years ago, NewsDay has established.Th...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 06:58hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe kidney patients red-flag high dialysis costs
KIDNEY patients continue facing challenges such as the high cost of treatment despite many interventions made by non-governmental organisations to reduce the costs of dialysis.Speaking to News...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 07:42hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Indian trust seeks to build specialist hospital in Zimbabwe
KIRAN HOSPITAL, one of India's top specialist and health research centres, is seeking to construct a 550-bed sanatorium in Zimbabwe, which will serve local patients and those from other African countr...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
India extends $2,2m life saving drugs
India is shipping 100 tonnes of critical drugs worth $2,2 million to Zimbabwe to support the country's health sector, including partnering Government on operationalisation of Ekusileni Hospital in Bul...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sibusiso Moyo's emergency surgery 'successful'
Foreign Affairs and International Trade minister Sibusiso Moyo yesterday underwent what sources said had been a "successful" emergency surgery at a Harare hospital for a kidney-related ailment, the Da...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 14:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter§
Plumtree man appeals for funds for kidney transplant
My name is Hloniphani Ndlovu. I am 41years old. I live in Plumtree town in Zimbabwe Africa. I was diagonised with severe kidney failure in February 2015. Then started hemodialysis in the same year. On...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 20:14hrs | 1 | by Hloniphani Ndlovu
Zimbabwe has recorded greatest achievements in health sector
Since attainment of independence in 1980, Zimbabwe is one of the African countries that have tremendously made great strides in reforming its healthy sector.During the colonial era, there was ...Published: 24 Oct 2017 at 15:33hrs | 3 | by Chido Chikuni
Man seeks $25 000 to undergo kidney transplant
A 49-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo man is seeking $25 000 to undergo a kidney transplant in India.Mr Dumisani Mabhena of Southwold suburb was diagnosed with kidney failure in September last year after his...Published: 29 May 2017 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dialysis too expensive, says Parirenyatwa
Zimbabwe records 1 000 cases of kidney failure every year yet only 700 of those are on dialysis, Health and Child Care Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa has said.Speaking at the 12th annual c...Published: 13 Mar 2017 at 05:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's botched India visit: The full story
President Mugabe returned home from Singapore yesterday, as Zimbabwe prepared to receive tractors worth US$300 000 from India under a deal sealed during the Head of State and Government's October 2015...Published: 13 Mar 2016 at 06:59hrs | 2 | by Morris Mkwate
Daughter gives father kidney
THE biggest gift that a person can give to you is a vital body organ. Money and other things may be important but a heart, a kidney or a lung will change your life. Dr Naboth Chaibva, a local medical ...Published: 07 Feb 2016 at 08:38hrs | 1 | by Robin Muchetu
Former teacher needs $32k for kidney transplant
THE notion that access to health is a universal right to life is an elite option reserved only for those who can afford it and one needs to be in the shoes of renal patient, Mr Zacharia Mavunganidze -...Published: 22 Jan 2016 at 07:06hrs | | by Samuel Kadungure
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 | 1 | by Paidamoyo Chipunza
Jacob Mpofu's medical fund plea
Jacob Mpofu, 48 years old, was diagnosed with kidney failure about three and a half years ago. Since then his life has changed dramatically. He also had the misfortune of losing the love of hi...Published: 25 Feb 2015 at 12:54hrs | 1 | by Nkosinomusa Ncube
Zimbabwean student undergoes successful kidney transplant in India
A GREAT Zimbabwe University student, Mollen Ndinatsei Makoni, who was two years ago diagnosed with a life-threatening kidney disorder, returned home on Sunday after undergoing a successful kidney ...Published: 27 Jan 2015 at 09:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman seeks help to undergo kidney transplant
A RUSAPE woman, Mollen Nyamhotsi, who was diagnosed with a kidney disease and chronic renal failure, is appealing to the public for assistance to secure funds to travel to India for a kidney transplan...Published: 22 Aug 2014 at 06:33hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Grace Mugabe, from village girl to political game changer
When the First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe got married to President Mugabe at a lavish wedding in 1996 at the age of 31, some sceptics dismissed her saying she would not be able to emulate Amai Sally Mugab...Published: 03 Aug 2014 at 20:43hrs | 1 | by Munyaradzi Huni
Zimbabwe considering re-introduction of kidney transplants
ZIMBABWE is considering re-introducing kidney transplants as a solution to dialysis, a lifetime process, whose costs are beyond the reach of many, a senior Government official has said.Chitung...Published: 12 Jul 2013 at 16:55hrs | 2 | by Health reporter
Woman (47) fired after donating kidney to ailing boss
A 47-year-old mother of two who donated her kidney help save her ailing boss's life has allegedly been fired after the woman 'got what she wanted'.Debbie Stevens from Long Island, New York, o...Published: 23 Apr 2012 at 23:59hrs | | by Moyo Roy
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