MOTHERS, BABIES SLEEPING ON HOSP FLOOR

Mothers and their newborn babies were forced to sleep on thin mattresses on the floor at Sakubva District Hospital last week due to a shortage of beds, Mutare District Medical Officer (DMO) Dr David Muchirewesi has said. Muchirewesi said the hospital had briefly exceeded its bed capacity as patient numbers surged. “There was a moment last week when patients exceeded the available beds and we