ZANE info

Extracts from Harare weekly report

HARARE REPORT

5 – 9 May

It has been a terrible week for Zim: ***details deleted***
PENSIONERS’ AID:

Individuals:

The majority of our call-outs this week have been medical (see below)

MEDICAL:

We received colostomy bags, a diagnostic set, baby scales, and various drugs... – we will get everything to right recipients as soon as possible. **** also received a large donation of American over the counter drugs like paracetamol from ****


Mrs **** had an operation to repair her broken femur – **** and **** had been called to help her as she had been 16 days in great pain after breaking her leg in a fall as they could not afford to go to the doctor and were hoping that it was just a bruise.The couple was very distressed and [the husband] kept threatening to “blow his brains out.” **** gave counseling and **** sorted out Mrs ****’s operation.


**** and **** also visited Mr and Mrs **** – Mr **** is in his seventies and Mrs **** in her sixties – she has advanced alzheimers disease and he has made himself ill trying to care for her. **** organized an ECG and found that he actually has a heart disease – we are trying to get them both admitted to [name of home deleted] so that they can each receive appropriate care.

**** ran a clinic at [name of home deleted] where he was able to dispense much needed insulin and eltroxin. This was very useful and will become a regular occurrence as that area is particularly poor and the people unable to access life-saving drugs.

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