emanating from the protests. The Commission met the then Chief Executive Officer Dr. Nyasha Masuka who reported that he was still to get a full report of the happenings of the previous week but that we could follow up with him the following day. He highlighted that at the time of the stay away the doctors who had been on strike had returned to work, however, staff had written letters of incapacitation due to the high transport costs. Staff were stating that they could not make it to work on a daily basis and the hospital was putting in place a system to pick up and drop those who were on duty. Further, during the stay away most staff were unable to make it to work as the environment was unsafe and as such, the hospital was seriously constrained. He also highlighted that even the patients were finding it difficult to visit the hospital as well. He was hopeful that because of the intervention by government everything was going to get back to normal. 5.10.2. On a follow up visit to the hospital on Tuesday, the Commission was referred to the Clinical Director Dr. Pasi who advised that things were very chaotic and the hospital was seriously constrained as staff was raising security concerns. He highlighted that the hospital had recorded 16 cases of assaults and injuries during the stay away week and that 5 had gunshot wounds. The remaining 11 had soft tissue injuries, fractures among other wounds and all were male. The youngest patient was 15 years old with a gunshot wound that had punctured his stomach and he had torn intestines. The hospital managed to contain the situation and he was recovering in hospital. He was referred from Chitungwiza. He also highlighted that the last case had been recorded on Sunday 20 January 2019 when a man from Budiriro had come in with a gunshot wound to the right leg which they had amputated below the knee. He also indicated that the cases recorded were from various suburbs such as Budiriro, Highfield, Mbare, and Glen View to mention but a few. Page 34 of 68