In Zimbabwe, hospitals battle with Mugabe's legacy
Elderly men wait for medicines at a pharmacy at Parirenyatwa hospital in Harare September 9, 2019. Zimbabwe's institutions reflect their country's decay under Robert Mugabe than the once-vaunted public hospitals, now deteriorated, under-equipped and failing. PHOTO | JEKESAI NJIKIZANA | AFP
For Zimbabwe's doctors, few institutions reflect their country's decay under Robert Mugabe than their public hospitals, once vaunted but now under-equipped and crumbling.
Latex gloves serve as urine bags, operating rooms lack light bulbs and patients are often required to refuel their own ambulances, medics say.