Patients Left Stranded as Government Hospitals Lack Critical Surgical Equipment
By Fanuel Chinowaita Mutare – Patients requiring surgery for broken limbs at government hospitals are struggling to receive timely treatment due to a shortage of intramedullary nails, a crucial surgical implant for bone fractures. Dr. Hillary Makiwa, an official at Victoria Chitepo Provincial Hospital, confirmed the crisis, stating that the government does not supply the…