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Zimbabweans failed to celebrate mental health day because of the appalling healthcare system which has left many people affected by mental health. President Mnangagwa has lost his mental

Way to go capacity to see the dilapidated healthcare BHC needs system to get its

Way to go in Zimbabwe which has caused many people to either die at home or invade other countries in search of better hospitals and medical treatments.

He should tender his resignation for his catalogue of failures regarding economy, healthcare, human rights and infrastructural development. Zimbabweans cannot rely on neighboring countries for treatment of mental health because this strains healthcare systems of neighboring countries which were incapacitated by Covid- 19.

The major problems in Zimbabwe which cause mental illness are long term stress, long term physical health condition, losing jobs, social disadvantage, poverty or debt, childhood abuse trauma and neglect. In Zimbabwe cadres who look after mental patients are few but they are highly dedicated and work under difficult conditions to provide care. There are no psychiatric hospitals, two psychiatric inpatient units, and seven outpatients’ mental health facilities functioning in Zimbabwe. Some facilities have been closed due to inadequate resources for maintenance and repair.