PARI IS A DEATH TRAP : PATIENTS

Being admitted at Parirenyatwa Hospital is a death sentence if one has no money. “The hospital only provides a bed,” said a woman who had spent two agonising weeks nursing her elderly mother. “We paid US$140 for blood tests and US$40 for medication. An X-ray cost us again. Imagine if we didn’t have medical aid — this would be a death sentence.” US$40 is steep in a country where over 90% are