Establish cancer hospitals

IT’S high time Zimbabwe started thinking outside the box when it comes to medicine, care and treatment of its people.

My main concern is that of people suffering from cancer. For a long time now, the “band aid” method of treatment has been used on our people.

A case of one cancer sufferer is shown on the television and well-wishers contribute for that particular patient. A month or so down the road, another case is shown on TV and the same process of begging from well-wishers is used.

How long will we keep displaying our people on TV for them to get attended to? Some people who suffer from cancer are doing so silently in their homes because they cannot pay for their treatment or they are in hospitals which are illequipped.

A separate cancer hospital should be built. Doctors and nurses can be sent outside the country to get specialised training on the disease. If, for instance, we send two doctors and four nurses a year to train, by the end of five years we would have ten doctors and 20 nurses.

The public has been very good at donating to these causes. I am sure once this hospital is set up, people will be willing to donate to the hospital knowing that the money is going to the hospital and not to individuals.

Cancer can be treated and we would like our people to get the best treatment.

If they are going to die, then let them die without much pain.

Let’s stop displaying cancer patients on TV. Where is our Ubuntu?