Zimbabwe: Nurses Warn of Safety Crisis At Ngomahuru Psychiatric Hospital

The Zimbabwe Nurses Association (ZINA) has called for urgent intervention at Ngomahuru Psychiatric Hospital in Masvingo warning that deteriorating infrastructure, staff shortages and security lapses are placing both patients and healthcare workers at risk.

The appeal follows the death of a patient, identified as Beatrice Murera who the association says allegedly escaped from the hospital before her body was later recovered from the Tugwi River earlier this week.

In a statement, ZINA president…