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Jailed MDC activist transferred to a private hospital
Movement
for Democratic Change (MDC)
July
20, 2012
High Court judge, Justice Chinembiri Bhunu has ruled that Nyamadzawo
Gapare, one of the 29 MDC activists being falsely
accused of murdering a police officer in Glen View last year
be transferred from Harare Central Hospital to the Avenues Clinic
for better treatment.
The order was
made after the State and defence lawyers had agreed on the position
that Gapare was critically ill and should receive treatment from
a private hospital.
A private doctor
examined Gapare at the prison hospital on Wednesday and recommended
his transfer to a private hospital with better facilities.
"The application
to have Nyamadzawo Gapare treated at a private institution be and
is hereby granted. The Commissioner of Prisons is hereby authorised
to have the said Nyamadzawo Gapare transferred to the Avenues Clinic
for treatment in terms of the proposed medical management plan,"
Justice Bhunu said in his ruling.
The transfer
of Gapare to a private hospital has halted the murder trial to proceed
at the High Court until he recovers because the court cannot sit
in the absence of one of the suspects. The application for Gapare
to seek private treatment was made on Monday and the High Court
had to visit him at the Harare Central Prison Hospital to ascertain
his condition.
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