Kwekwe General Hospital | |
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Geography | |
Location | Kwekwe, Zimbabwe |
Organisation | |
Type | Teaching & Referral |
Affiliated university | Ministry of Health and Child Care |
History | |
Opened | c. 1900 |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in Zimbabwe |
Kwekwe General Hospital is the main referral hospital within Kwekwe District plus the nearby Zhombe District. It is a government-run institution in which the Kwekwe City Council has overall oversight. The hospital is one of a number in the Midlands Province offering free anti-retroviral therapy to people with HIV/AIDS. [1] It services HIV/AIDS patients from across the whole Kwekwe District plus those from neighboring districts like Gokwe.
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