Zimbabwe: Chigwizi Camp Clinic Overwhelmed

THE government has come under attack for its failure to provide adequate medical care for displaced families relocated to the Chingwizi section of the Nuanetsi Ranch in the aftermath of flooding fears at the Tokwe Murkosi dam's basin.

Residents at the holding camp which houses an estimated 18 000 people this week told the Zimbabwe Independent that that they have been let down by government which has so far failed to provide proper medical facilities despite the large numbers of people at the facility.The camp has a makeshift clinic housed in a tent and according to residents it is overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of patients and lacks the capacity to deal with emergency cases.

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