At the large public hospital near the capital Harare, doctors say syringes, surgical gloves and basic painkillers are all in short supply day-to-day. They requested that the hospital's name was not used to avoid repercussions from government officials. Edgar Munatsi, president of the Hospital Doctors' Association, described public medical facilities in the country as "nearly collapsed." But local activists, public health experts and key WHO donors like Britain, Canada and US all condemned the move. Many patients at public hospitals pay for their own medicine and treatment, though cash is desperately short after the economy has halved since 2000.

Source: Daily Nation October 25, 2017 06:56 UTC