Senior doctors at Parirenyatwa General Hospital, Zimbabwe's biggest medical centre, hold placards during a demonstration to protest a lack of medicines, gloves and bandages in Harare, Zimbabwe March 13, 2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo
HARARE (Reuters) - Doctors said on Wednesday that patients in Zimbabwe's biggest state hospital were dying due to a lack of medicines and basic supplies, brought on by a cash crunch that has crippled the economy.
In a rare protest by senior medical staff, dozens of doctors picketed outside Parirenyatwa Hospital. They said they were only able to treat emergency cases and urged the government to provide the equipment they needed to do their jobs.
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