The 2-part headline stories published on 17 and 18 September 2013 in the Zimbabwean paper DailyNews, a paper with a reputation for ‘telling it like it is’, were entitled “Hospitals of Death “ and “Health Horror”. The articles were describing the failure of medical service delivery in the two top government hospitals of Zimbabwe; Parirenyatwa Hospital and Harare Central Hospital. The political editor, Thelma Chikwanha, who wrote the article about Harare Hospital, mentioned overcrowding of mothers who have just delivered babies, bad attitude of staff, lack of warm water or heaters, long-waits in the outpatient department, heavy charges for investigations, doctors sending patients to their private wards, neglect and misuse of funds by hospital administration. Did I miss anything? Although many people felt that these pieces were displaying good journalism - finally exposing the essential elements of human suffering by the generality of Zimbabweans, I felt they were se
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