A serious shortage of drugs for chronic ailments including high blood pressure (BP) and diabetes has hit most rural health centres in Beitbridge West constituency where about 10 percent of the population are on these drugs, an official has said.
Beitbridge West parliamentarian Cde Ruth Maboyi said in a recent interview that she has been touring most primary health care facilities in the area and that the situation was deplorable.
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