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What a curious past week with rain everywhere, so it seemed, but here with the resultant increased attention to the weather reports, to our own frenetic lady weather reporters on BTV, to the daily forecasts of 60, 40, 20 percent chance of rain and to the extraordinary insistence in reporting that somewhere in the back of beyond had recorded rainfall of 0.12 millimeters!

The last rainless week began, for me, with a fortunately rare visit to Bokamoso Hospital. The only people who go to hospitals by choice are those who are visiting friends and relatives who are patients.  The rest of us go when we have no choice and because we seek help of one sort or another.

The process involved in seeking and obtaining that help can be tricky, however, and those who embark on it need much patience and considerable skill in understanding how the varying systems work and in each department, what to do and what not to do. 

Editor's Comment
Routine child vaccination imperative

The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...

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