{"id":13948,"date":"2019-09-23T20:47:44","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T18:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=13948"},"modified":"2019-09-23T20:47:44","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T18:47:44","slug":"doctors-demo-in-pictures-desperation-hits-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/doctors-demo-in-pictures-desperation-hits-patients","title":{"rendered":"Doctors\u2019 demo in pictures: Desperation hits patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HORDES of hospital doctors on Thursday presented their petition to Parliament after the High Court had barred the police from interfering with their march.<\/p>\n<p>The doctors started protesting on Monday, demanding the return of the then missing Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association acting president Peter Magombeyi who had allegedly been abducted the previous weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Magombeyi resurfaced five days later but the situation in the country\u2019s public health centres had deteriorated to alarming levels and health workers are now demanding a salary review and have declared they will not return to work.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Parirenyatwa Hospital, among other health institutions discharged all the non-critical patients leaving those in critical conditions. It was a deadly call forcing the government to turn to the military for help. 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The doctors started protesting on Monday, demanding the return of the then missing Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association acting president Peter Magombeyi who had allegedly been abducted the previous weekend. 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