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Zimbabwe: Zimbabwean Migrants in Louis Trichardt Fear Losing Access to Health Services

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwean Migrants in Louis Trichardt Fear Losing Access to Health Services

By GhanaSummary NewsroomPan-Africa

Keep up with the latest headlines on WhatsApp | LinkedIn Several Zimbabwean nationals who hold legal permits to live in South Africa, told Health-e News that clinic staff have since delayed their treatments, questioned their documents and warned them that future access to chronic medication is no longer guaranteed.

Zimbabwean immigrants living in Louis Trichardt say they are being turned away from clinics or told their latest chronic medication collection will be their last, raising fears that anti-immigrant pressure is starting to affect access to healthcare." Another woman, aged 55, who has been receiving chronic medication at the clinic for the past 10 years, told Health-e News that she too had been informed that her latest collection would be her last.

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