Health & Fitness

A 25-year-old Zimre Park man, who infiltrated Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals’ (PGH) casualty department posing as doctor, has been denied bail. Harare magistrate Judith Taruvinga told Admire Chisi that he was a danger to the public. She said PGH was a referral centre and the department he infiltrated received people …

Last week, Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals made a shocking revelation: Zimbabwe’s biggest referral hospital had been infiltrated by a fake doctor, who “treated” patients for seven months. What a baffling exposé. We thought this kind of stuff was strictly for Hollywood movies. How did an imposter work for seven months …

For the second straight day, SA recorded more than 2,000 new cases of Covid-19. According to health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize on Thursday, there are now 710,505 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the country — an increase of 2,156 from the day before. On Wednesday, Mkhize announced that there had …

A daring bogus medical doctor deployed himself to Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals posing as a Physician Registrar, Nhau has learnt. According to a statement released by the hospital, the fake doctor had infiltrated the hospital’s Accident and Emergency Department. “The matter was discovered after our vigilant Casualty Staff doubted his …

A form four pupil at a Bulawayo school tested positive for Covid-19 resulting in her contacts who include her classmates, being forced to self-isolate at home. The pupil is part of the exam classes pupils that resumed lessons on September 28 to prepare for Zimbabwe School Examination Council (Zimsec) examinations …

Sudden death … A health worker disinfects the body and pavement after woman died A woman collapsed and died suddenly on a busy Bulawayo street on Monday. The unidentified woman had just walked out of a shop close to the Tredgold Magistrates Court at about 2PM when she slumped to …

THE global COVID-19 pandemic has had devastating effects on the delivery of sexual reproductive health services and has rolled back several years of progress in improving maternal health. Zimbabwe is still among countries with high maternal mortality rate and research has proved that delays and even lack of access to …

New cases: 24Locals: 24Returnees: 0Deaths: 0Recoveries: 4PCR Tests Done: 615National Recovery Rate: 95%Active Cases: 195Total Cumulative Cases: 8099Total Recoveries: 7673Total Deaths: 231Pindula Zimbabwe Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) coronavirus situation report as of 16 October 2020:

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday warned against any complacency in the coronavirus death rate, saying with the increasing number of cases, mortality would also rise. New cases are hitting 100,000 daily in Europe. Nearly 20,000 infections were reported in Britain, while Italy, Switzerland and Russia were among nations …

FOUR new Covid-19 cases were recorded while one person recovered from the virus yesterday.All the four new cases emanated from local transmissions. The country has 7 919 confirmed cases, 1 249 of them are active and the death toll is at 229.The country’s Covid-19 recovery rate stands at 81,3 percent …