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'Poisoned' Zimbabwe Doctor Leaves Country for Treatment

Columbus Mavhunga

   HARARE - A doctor in Zimbabwe who was abducted and allegedly tortured
   for leading a doctors strike left the country late Thursday for what
   his medical team calls "urgent" treatment in South Africa.

   Dr. Peter Magombeyi, acting president of the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors
   Association, had been receiving care in Harare for a week since his
   release from captivity. Friends and colleagues suspect he was poisoned
   during his five-day abduction and now has liver damage.

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