{"id":13807,"date":"2019-09-20T18:18:36","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T16:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=13807"},"modified":"2019-09-20T18:18:36","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T16:18:36","slug":"leader-of-zimbabwe-doctors-strike-reappears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/leader-of-zimbabwe-doctors-strike-reappears","title":{"rendered":"Leader of Zimbabwe Doctors Strike Reappears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-police-block-doctors-march-to-parliament\">Zimbabwean doctor<\/a> whose disappearance sparked off a wave of doctors\u2019 protests across the country, has reappeared, alive.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking Thursday on VOA Zimbabwe Service\u2019s Livetalk program, a disoriented-sounding Dr. Peter Magombeyi, the president of the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors\u2019 Association, confirmed he was the one on the other end of the phone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI honestly don\u2019t know how to truly identify myself, but I am Dr. Peter Magombeyi, I work at Harare Hospital,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The doctor, who had been spearheading calls for an increase of doctors\u2019 salaries when he disappeared on September 15, said he could not remember exactly what happened to him or how he ended up where he was \u2014 an area called Nyabira, about 33 kilometers from Harare.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat part I\u2019m just so vague about, I need time to recall,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>A Zimbabwean doctor lays on a banner during a protest in Harare, Wednesday, Sept, 18, 2019.<br \/>\nA Zimbabwean doctor lays on a banner during a protest in Harare, Sept, 18, 2019.<br \/>\nDr. Magombeyi said his last recollection before being taken by unnamed people was the memory of being electrocuted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember being in a basement of some sort, being electrocuted at some point, that is what I vividly remember. I, I just don\u2019t remember,\u201d Dr. Magombeyi said, struggling to speak.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe\u2019s government and police have denied involvement in Magombeyi\u2019s disappearance, but said they were doing all they could to find the doctor.<\/p>\n<p>Officials also suggested a third party could be involved in the disappearance to taint the government\u2019s image.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to the police allegation, and also Twitter posts alluding to the same accusations, Magombeyi said he had no answers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI need time to think about it, I don\u2019t know,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Zimbabwean doctor whose disappearance sparked off a wave of doctors\u2019 protests across the country, has reappeared, alive. 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