Protecting, Promoting and Enforcing Human Rights and Fundamental Freedom Protection of Human Rights Activities [continued] 6.3.3 Visit to institution where mentally handicapped are kept: Ingutsheni Hospital, 24-25 June 2015 The ZHRC made its first monitoring and inspection visit to a mental health institution in 2015 to Ingutsheni Mental Hospital. The ZHRC commended the government efforts in addressing the rights of mentally challenged persons in Zimbabwe. The institution was manned by specially skilled staff who displayed evidence of passion for their work as observed by the ZHRC. ZHRC witnessed rehabilitation mechanisms at the institution. The patients were involved in activities such as gardening and poultry projects. There was also separation of patients according to their sexes and levels of illness. However, ZHRC noted with concern the resource challenges encountered at the institution such as low and inconsistent disbursements of funds from treasury, shortage of skilled staff such as psychiatrists and in addition, the patients did not receive a balanced diet, receiving only sadza and vegetables. It was further noted that although the environment was clean and well maintained, most of the infrastructure was dilapidated and needing rehabilitation as shown in figure 2 below. As an adoptive measure, the institution relied on its relations with NGOs, local faith based organisations, local businesses and individual well- wishers for support. Figure 2 to the left shows the clean environment at the Institution and to the right a bathroom needing refurbishment 6.3.4 Harare Hospital Investigation Visit, 17 September 2015 The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission Act [Chapter 10:30] in Section 9, empowers the ZHRC to conduct investigations into allegations of human rights violations. It is in line with this provision that ZHRC undertook an investigation into a complaint lodged by an interested party alleging violations of human rights by Harare Central Hospital (Maternity Unit). It was alleged that Harare Hospital was detaining neonates and mothers who would have delivered at the hospital and failed to settle their hospital bills. From the visit, ZHRC noted that Harare Central Hospital was violating several rights of women and children which are enshrined in the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No.20) Act 2013. In its 20 Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission Annual Report 2015