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Zimbabwe doctors' advice: Don't get sick
 The advice of doctors to Zimbabweans is, don't get sick. If you do, don't count on hospitals _ they're short of drugs and functioning equipment.As the economy collapses, the laboratory at a main 1,000-bed hospital has virtually shut down. X-ray materials, injectable antibiotics and anticonvulsants have run out. Emergency resuscitation equipment is out of action. Patients needing casts for broken bones need to bring their own plaster. In a country with one of the world's worst AIDS epidemics, medical staff lack protective gloves. Posted by: Fred 2008-09-01 |
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