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8 images Created 4 Feb 2010

The Howard Hospital is a rural mission hospital located in Zimbabwe. The Hospital is overrun by patients due to nation wide hospital closings in December 2008. The Howard is in a rural area and hunger is mounting due to a long drought and the time of the year. The situation is exacerbated by a collapsing economy and a national unity government political dispute.
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  • Howard Hospital, Zimbabwe. December 14, 2008. The Male Ward at the Howard Hospital, Zimbabwe is overflowing with patients and family members due to the closure of the four main receiving hospitals in Harare, about an hour and a half away. The Howard is the closest open hospital. Sadly the mortality rate is very high at this time -- many patients arrive too late from Harare for any real help.
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  • Howard Hospital, Zimbabwe. December 12, 2008. Two women entered Paul Thistle's office where he he issued a death certificate after a short and polite conversation. Thistle is the Chief Medical Officer of the Howard Hopistal in Zimbabwe.
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  • Howard Hospital, Zimbabwe. December 10, 2008. A teenage woman holds here amputated leg. She had her leg mangled by a crocodile while wishing in a nearby lake.
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  • Howard Hospital, Zimbabwe. December 12, 2008. The boy aged about seven did not have a shunt put in at birth. It surprises many he is still alive. This day he was at at cerebral palsy workshop.
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  • Kartu Village, Zimbabwe. December 10, 2008. The mother fell down a mountain and broke her neck  five months ago and is now permantly disabled. She receives some support from the Howard MIssion Hospital and Godknows Orphan Support Scheme. But mostly she will spend the rest of her life on the floor of her mud hut being attended by her daughter.
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  • Howard Hospital, Zimbabwe. December 14, 2008. A woman in her late twenties, early thirties lies on the hospital floor as her husband stands over her. She is in the process of a spontaneous abortion.
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  • Howard Hospital, Zimbabwe. December 16, 2008. The man looked liked he was in agony and was on the 'B' side of the Men's Ward -- the terminal side -- later he mentioned he was suffering from malaria.
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  • Howard Hospital, Zimbabwe. December 12, 2008. A woman in her late twenties or early thirties lies on the hospital floor recovering from a spontaneous abortion. She was transfered from a bed.
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