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Horror as Patients Stranded Without Drinking Water At Harare Hospital
6 December 2013
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Patients were left stranded at Harare hospital and theatre operations cancelled on Friday afternoon (today) after the institution ran out of water, a problem which has been ongoing since the beginning of the year.
Patients were left shell shocked when they were told to find their own drinking water from home or just die of thirst.
ZimEye can reveal that the hospital’s conditions have been deteriorating for the greater part of 2013 and women giving birth have been told to bring their own water from home for several months to date.
One mother, Miss Zandile Dzingira told ZimEye in an interview:

“I gave birth at Harare hospital in May and there was no water; we had to call our relatives to bring us water to bath and the bills are just too high. I spent a night there but I was charged $120 and they say you cant leave the hospital until the bill is cleared.
...Cover up...Patients waiting in Harare Hospital
…Cover up chuckle…Patients waiting in Harare Hospital

“I was really hurt cause ndaive nema stitch apa (I even had stitches at the time) I was bleeding unoziva kuspenter the whole day usina kugeza apa uri muzvere seriously; they have to do something about that hospital.”

 
When contacted on Friday, the hospital’s Operations Director, Mr Gwata who was meant to speak to ZimEye on Friday afternoon, diverted telephone calls to the stores department instead when reached for a comment.
At that juncture,  a certain Mr Dliwayo in the department however refused to comment re-diverting our reporter back to Gwata saying he was too junior to speak to the media.
An employee working in the stores department who did not identify himself however blamed the problem on the city council.
“It is a challenge from the council,”  he said.
 
“Borehole”
A receptionist who talked to ZimEye revealed that the hospital has been experiencing serious problems in recent months. When asked however why they were not making use of borehole technology, she said that there is indeed a borehole but the staff have failed to make it provide for the whole hospital. She did not elaborate what she meant by a failure.

10 Replies to “Horror as Patients Stranded Without Drinking Water At Harare Hospital”

  2. Now that we are in office, we will have priorities. Our hospitals, our schools, universities & colleges, our roads and especially our people, the army, police & our intelligence personnel, nurses, doctors & other medical staff, our government companies and parastatals, also Chiyadzwa and all the people. Yes everything is under control. If it wasn’t a fact that we are still okay, we will have started PRINTING the Zim dollar. We will have stopped paying bonuses to our hard working and loyal staff. What a PAIN!!!!

  3. “Zim will never be a colony again” if you win you govern and if you lose you don’t, it’s as simple as that” so said Mugabe after yet another election victory. Now that victory has been achieved, you better enjoy it for as long as it lasts.

  7. hi people cant we all just sit at home and do nothing until Mugabe goes. No violence no nothing just dropping everything everyone .This will force a change ,Discuss

  9. This shows the extent at which service delivery is crumbling around Zim..Shame on u Zanu pf bustards ..you are now in power and what next? the country is slowly turning to pre 2009 where almost every basic neccessity and services were non existent…how can a hospital run out of water? My fellow Zimboz , prepare for the worst to come..This is what the elections were rigged for!!!

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