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From Patients to Doctors, Fear Rules in Zimbabwe's Hospitals

Anita Powell

   HARARE -- If there is one thing that unites doctors and patients in
   Zimbabwe's ailing public health system, it's fear.

   The system is struggling to function amid a shattered economy and
   triple-digit inflation. Administrators, doctors and patients told VOA
   that hospitals often have a hard time getting supplies. And government
   doctors say they can't make ends meet on an average salary worth just
   $100 a month.

   But as they have learned, speaking out has consequences.

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