Pathologist Shortage Hits Zimbabwe Hard

Zimbabwe has only two forensic pathologists in the public sector according to Health and Child Care Minister Obadiah Moyo - forcing families to wait for weeks before they can bury loved ones in cases of murder. This also causes a delay in solving murder cases in the country.

Corpse in a morgue (file photo).

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