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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>People from all walks of life have expressed anger following the death of Zimbabwean doctor, Mthabisi Nembaware, who died at Mutare<\/b> Hospital while waiting for an ambulance to be airlifted to Harare.<\/p>\n

Journalist Hopewell Chin\u2019ono<\/b> said over 10 doctors wrote to him \u201cexpressing their legitimate anger at what happened to one of their colleagues yesterday in Manicaland.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Nembaware, who had been working at a rural hospital in Hauna, was involved in a road accident while travelling to Mutare. Despite being stabilized at Mutare Hospital for severe Traumatic Brain Injury, the hospital lacked a functional ICU unit and city-to-city ambulance service. Thus, he needed to be transferred to Harare for specialized care via air ambulance. Chin\u2019ono wrote:<\/p>\n

Despite parading the overpriced so called helicopter ambulance, the State couldn\u2019t airlift him to Harare. His family put together US$5,000 to airlift him using a private ambulance air service. But sadly the air ambulance plane couldn\u2019t go because Mutare airport doesn\u2019t have working landing lights. Unfortunately, Dr Mthabisi Nembaware succumbed to the injuries at around 11 pm last night. The doctor has become yet another unnecessary statistic of a collapsed healthcare services. Our country has adequate resources to have a good functional healthcare system, but the public funds are ruthlessly looted to the detriment of the whole nation. Millions of dollars are spent annually buying thousands of luxury cars for Zimbabwe\u2019s unethical political elite, money that could have been deployed fix the critical public services like healthcare. May Dr Mthabisi Nembaware Rest in Peace.<\/p>\n

Many people responded to Chin\u2019ono\u2019s post on X (formerly Twitter) expressing their anger towards the government for neglecting the health sector in Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n

Critics of the government accuse political elites of looting funds that should have been allocated to the health sector. They argue that the politicians show little concern for the healthcare system as they can afford to seek medical treatment abroad. The collapse of the healthcare sector has been an ongoing struggle in Zimbabwe since the early 2000s, leading to daily challenges for the people.<\/p>\n

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