Ingutsheni hospital overcrowded

ZIMBABWE’S biggest psychiatric institution Ingutsheni Central Hospital in Bulawayo is reportedly overcrowded, a situation that exposes inmates to COVID-19 as they cannot practise social distancing.

Ingutsheni chief executive Nemache Mawere told Southern Eye that one ward had exceeded its carrying capacity.

“We are having a huge challenge of overcrowding in one of the wards called Khumalo ward which is located at the south-eastern tip of Ingutsheni Central Hospital .

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