Day: March 21, 2022

Serial Rapist Murders 9 Women After Raping Them In Marondera and Goromonzi

Healthtimes

A 30 year old man, Bright Zhantali has been arrested in connection with the killing and raping of nine women in Mashonaland East province since beginning of 2022. By HealthTimes Reporter According to the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), the man Zhantali was arrested on March 19, 2022 in Goromonzi for nine counts of murder and rape cases which occurred during the period 14 January 2022 to 12 March 2022 in Hwedza, Macheke, Goromonzi and Marondera and all his victims were women. On the first incident, the suspect attacked Mercy Simairi…

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Serious shortage of forensic pathology and cytopathology specialists in Zim

Healthtimes

ZIMBABWE has a massive shortage of cytopathologists as well as forensic pathologists, former Health and Child Care minister, Dr Obadiah Moyo has said. By Kudakwashe Pembere He made these revelations over the weekend during the inaugural Zimbabwe College of Pathology (ZCP) graduation at the University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences (UZCHS) where he bemoaned how the country had a shortage of specialists in clinical laboratory medicine also known as pathologists. Cytologists specialize in cancer diagnosis while forensic pathologists deal with crime related post mortems. He said this on the…

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Three Times TB Survivor Now Leading Fight against TB from the Front

Michael Gwarisa

Barbara Farashishko (52) from Mabvuku, Harare, will always remember the year 1995 as they year her entire life changed completely following a Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis at Parirenyatwa Hospital. The events that followed her positive TB diagnosis led to a plethora of misfortunes such as losing her Job, loss of family, massive stigma from family and society and above all, two more TB reinfections in the years that followed. By Michael Gwarisa Her TB journey started when she was pregnant in 1995 after she began coughing and experiencing shortness of breath…

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