Physiotherapy comes to the ghetto

HARARE — A Taiwanese firm has opened a free physiotherapy centre in one of the country’s poor high-density surbubs — Epworth — in a move that has been welcomed by the local community.

The centre was the brainchild of Chin Chai Chu and has about 15 volunteers, most with nursing backgrounds.

Running for the past three months, the centre has been offering an out-patient service to more than 200 people and only assists patients who have been attended to by doctors and elderly people who need to do exercises.

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