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*Mukondiwa Pays Tribute To Chigubhu, Bemoans Sorry State Of Cancer Treatment In Zimbabwe* *Follow Pindula on WhatsApp for daily new updates* https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va84dngJP21B2nWeyM3v?nj Zimpapers Television Network (ZTN) journalist Robert Mukondiwa has bemoaned the sorry state of cancer treatment in Zimbabwe following the death of stand-up comedian Clive Chigubhu from the disease. Chigubhu passed away on Wednesday, 27 April around 5 AM after he was diagnosed with Diffuse Large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL), a type of cancer. ---------- Latest itel S24 available on Pindula: 128GB storage, 4GB RAM $119 USD WhatsApp: +263715068543 Calls: 0772464000 Buy Online: https://www.pindula.co.zw/market/itel-s24-128gb-22-20240426142756795795/?s=wanews ---------- DLBCL is a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), a cancer of the lymphatic system. Mukondiwa also lost his mother to the disease after she failed to get treatment at local hospitals. In a post on his Facebook page, Mukondiwa said Chigubhu, just like thousands of dead Zimbabweans, died nowhere near a radiotherapy machine. He wrote: > It begins with a C. It isn’t Clive or Chigubu. It’s cancer. That he was in pain and couldn’t get medical attention should never escape our minds. > That he had been booked for an appointment and arrived to see the place closed should be scandalous to ‘normal’ people in ‘normal’ circumstances. > Early detection where no interventions exist doesn’t save lives, it is a death sentence. > That he fell ill and could only see the ENT (ear, nose and throat specialist) on a Friday because they are available one day a week should anger you….but it doesn’t. Because death by cancer is not a priority. > Medical equipment to give cancer patients a fighting chance is not important, is it? > Clive has just made his final joke and it’s that our health system (system indeed) is itself a joke. But nobody is laughing. > His death won’t move anyone into action. He’s not a priority. He’s just another young Zimbabwean whose life has been cut short by cancer. > He has ceased to be Clive and become a statistic. Another brick in the wall. > I’d planned to see him on Thursday. To me, he was not just another Zimbabwean comedian. He was the best in the business by a country mile. > Now he has dropped the mic in the cruellest fashion and his most sadistic joke. He leaves a 5-year-old girl confused about being fatherless. > Now it is a funeral that I’ll have to attend. And like thousands of dead Zimbabweans he died nowhere near a radiotherapy machine. > An accident of geography found him being born in our piece of the world and like millions dead from cancer before him, we let him down. Clive; forgive us! *More: Pindula News* _If you found this article useful_ *Please support Pindula by forwarding to friends and groups*
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