A group of Zimbabweans were protesting outside Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town on Monday, where Zimbabwe’s vice president, Constantino Chiwenga, is believed to bereceiving treatment.
The group was calling for Chiwenga to be sent back home so he can undergo treatment there.
One of the protesters Edmore Magumisi says they want him to experience first-hand how ordinary Zimbabweans are being treated with their own health system.
“We have a very bad service in Zimbabwe. Our hospitals are down. We don’t have medicine. We don’t have good service delivery. If we consider the health facilities that are being offered in Zimbabwe we can’t expect this vice president to come here and get treatment while our brothers and sisters are dying in Zimbabwe. He must go and get the same treatment that our brothers and sisters are getting in Zimbabwe. We don’t want him here.”
On the other hand, the Western Cape Health Department said that Zimbabwe’s Vice President was not being treated at Cape Town’s Groote Schuur Hospital. In a statement, the provincial health department urged protestors to contact their consulate concerning the matter. It, however, maintains that no details of patients will be given out to the public.
Current state at Groote Schuur Hospital where Chiwenga is admitted @NewsDayZimbabwe pic.twitter.com/Alw7sEltR5
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