Rural clinic offers respite for priced out Zimbabwean patients

The 150-bed clinic treats up to 100,000 people a year and is almost always full, says medical director, Paul Thistle, a Canadian physician who married a Zimbabwean woman. 

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A nurse inspects the level in an intravenous drip being administered to a recovering male patient in the men's ward at Karanda Mission Hospital in Mount Darwin on March 2, 2024. AFP photos
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Outside a hospital in rural Zimbabwe, scores of people wait patiently under trees or inside small tents for news of their loved ones.

Vendors sell snacks, fruits and drinks

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