'I am just seeing patients, make a diagnosis and send them away to die.'
Zimbabwe doctors say patients in the country's biggest state hospital are dying due to a lack of basic supplies.Doctors said on Wednesday that patients in Zimbabwe's biggest state hospital were dying due to a lack of medicines and basic supplies, brought on by a cash crunch that has crippled the economy.
In a rare protest by senior medical staff, dozens of doctors picketed outside Parirenyatwa Hospital. They said they were only able to treat emergency cases and urged the government to provide the equipment they needed to do their jobs. "I am just seeing patients, make a diagnosis and send them away to die," said gynaecological oncologist Bothwell Guzha, adding that the hospital had no cancer drugs left.
The southern African nation is acutely short of dollars, the currency it has used since in 2009, causing price spikes and shortages of basic goods, medicines and fuel. Plans to float a new transitional local currency introduced last month, the RTGS dollar, have been delayed.
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