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*Mukondiwa Pays Tribute To Chigubhu, Bemoans Sorry State Of Cancer Treatment In Zimbabwe*

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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.

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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!

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