FIRST BRAIN SURGERY AT CHITUNGWIZA HOSP

A team of local neurosurgeons at the Chitungwiza Central Hospital has successfully removed a brain tumour from an 11-year-old girl, marking the first time such a complex procedure has been carried out at the institution and signalling a major step forward for Zimbabwe’s public health sector. The breakthrough surgery was performed by consultant neurosurgeon Dr Brighton Valentine Nyamapfene, who