MATEBELELAND SOUTH: Gwanda Provincial Hospital has started discharging ill patients and may close due to acute water crisis

MATEBELELAND  SOUTH: Gwanda Provincial Hospital has started discharging ill patients and may close due to acute water crisis

  MATABELELAND South’s biggest public health institution, Gwanda Provincial Hospital, on Friday discharged patients admitted for various ailments due to water shortage with indications that the hospital might be forced to close if the situation does not improve. Gwanda is facing acute water shortages with some areas in the town having gone for more than a week without water forcing them to fetch the precious liquid from unprotected sources. The hospital superintendent, Dr Pugie Chimberengwa…

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Diarrhoea Outbreak In Gwanda Due To Critical Water Crisis

Diarrhoea Outbreak In Gwanda Due To Critical Water Crisis

Gwanda’s only two health centres, Phakama Poly Clinic and the Gwanda Provincial Hospital have been hit by a sudden increase in diarrhoea cases directly attributed to the water crisis hitting the town. Officials at the two health centres confirmed to Bulawayo24 a tip off by residents of Gwanda that there has been a massive increase of diarrhoea cases in the town. The cases are mostly reported amongst school going children. Gwanda has been experiencing critical…

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Three ‘Illegal Gold Panners Crushed To death In Midnight Rockfall At Geelong Mine In West Nicholson

Three ‘Illegal Gold Panners Crushed To death In Midnight Rockfall At Geelong Mine In West Nicholson

THREE gold panners were crushed to death at Geelong Mine in West Nicholson while the fourth one was seriously injured during an ill-fated search for gold in a 400 metre deep mineshaft. The bodies of the three men were retrieved yesterday at around 11AM following their death around midnight on Saturday. Three of the victims were brothers; two who died Bonnet Phiri, 39 and Milton, 35 and the only survivor Willard, 41, who suffered neck,…

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