‘Gvt Hospitals Unable To Provide Optimal Health Care As Zimbabwe Is Short Of 8,000 Nurses’- Dr Parirenyatwa

‘Gvt Hospitals Unable To Provide Optimal Health Care As Zimbabwe Is Short Of 8,000 Nurses’-  Dr Parirenyatwa

ZIMBABWE is unable to provide optimal health care at government hospitals owing to a shortfall of 8,000 nurses, according to Health and Child Care Minister David Parirenyatwa. Parirenyatwa is demanding support from Cabinet colleagues for the lifting of a recruitment freeze which has seen 3,000 nursing graduates failing to find jobs – despite the jobs gap. Parirenyatwa made the remarks during the hand-over of an ambulance donated to Chivhu Hospital by the Zimbabwe National Chamber…

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85-Year-Old Gokomere Man , Allegedly Caught Raping His 4 Year Old Niece

85-Year-Old Gokomere Man , Allegedly Caught Raping His 4 Year Old Niece

AN 85-year-old Gokomere man was allegedly caught pants down raping his four-year-old niece. The man who cannot be identified for ethical reasons but of Matova Village under Chief Zimuto area allegedly ordered the minor to accompany him to a garden under the pretext that he was going to pick guavas for her. At the garden, the man allegedly abandoned the fruit picking mission, laid the tot on the ground and raped her once. Acting Masvingo…

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Chivi Woman Fleeing Python, Wounded After, Leaping Into Ferocious Crocodile Attack In River

CONFRONTED by a huge python while out herding goats along a riverbank, a 27-year-old Chivi woman leapt into a river hoping to wade across to safety. Terrified Tsitsi Gwanangara had no way of knowing that she was jumping into the jaws of a crocodile which ripped open her abdomen and chopped chunks of flesh from her legs and arms with its gnashers. Gwanangara, of Mavhima Village under Chief Madzivire, was yesterday battling for life at Harare’s…

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3 Die,& 29 Injured As Blue Circle Bus Overturns Along Masvingo-Beitbridge road

3 Die,& 29 Injured As Blue Circle Bus Overturns  Along Masvingo-Beitbridge road

THREE people died on the spot while 29 others were injured when a South African-bound bus they were travelling in veered off the road and overturned at the 12km peg along the Masvingo-Beitbridge road yesterday, police confirmed.Acting Masvingo police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Kudakwashe Dehwa said the accident occurred at around 2AM. The Blue Circle bus, owned by Saymore Enterprises, was coming from Harare and had 62 passengers on board when tragedy struck. Asst Insp Dehwa…

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5 Yr Old Mistaken For ‘Goblin’, Hospitalised After Assault By Intoxicated Nyashadzashe Nyoni (21)

5 Yr Old Mistaken For ‘Goblin’, Hospitalised After  Assault By Intoxicated Nyashadzashe Nyoni (21)

AN intoxicated Mberengwa man struck and seriously injured a five-year-old boy with the nozzle of a pellet gun alleging that he had mistaken the boy for a grown up goblin.The boy – Francis Nyau – was rushed to Masvingo General Hospital following the attack and the provincial hospital rushed him to Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals in Harare. According to the medical report compiled and submitted in court, the injuries could cause danger to his life….

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Masvingo Cop Battles For Life After Falling Off Fleeeing Commuter Taxi Bonnet

Masvingo Cop Battles For Life After Falling Off Fleeeing Commuter Taxi Bonnet

A Bulawayo-based policeman deployed for highway patrol duties in Masvingo is battling for life in hospital after he fell from a pirate taxi’s bonnet which he was holding onto in a bid to stop the unlicensed driver from evading arrest, police confirmed. Sergeant Proud Nyenge’s condition was said to be critical with reports saying he suffered several injuries on the head as he fell head first into a ditch. Acting Masvingo police spokesperson Assistant Inspector…

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