Zimbabwe's inflation is serious People pay and see the doctor with the peanut

Zimbabwe's inflation is serious People pay and see the doctor with the peanut
Zimbabwe's inflation is serious People pay and see the doctor with the peanut
Zimbabwe, red Bodhidharma hospital, the corridor arranges the growth dragon. People these outside here from odd li, want to see the doctor or take medicines. Their some are leading the discontented sheep, some hold the chicken worn to a shadow, others use the draught corn. However, they brought most, the peanut carried on the head. "By the look of reality, we have seemed to change peanuts with medical care. " Nurse from California Keys' horse card is carried and responsible for managing this hospital at present. This hospital, exceeds 100 kilometers from the nearest highway. Since 2008, this hospital and a lot of Zimbabweans begin the way to adopt barter. International Monetary Fund estimated, the inflation of Zimbabwe had already reached 500 billion% at that time. Under the high inflation, residents' savings have not made worth. Medical treatment and education system are thereupon collapse. After that, Zimbabwe has formed the new coalition government, economy is steady gradually. Last year, Zimbabwe gave up the national currency, used U.S. dollar, the inflation dropped to normal 3.6% too. To a lot of rural Zimbabweans, U.S. dollar is very rare, red Bodhidharma hospital continues accepting the thing trade of things. "Everybody is talking about U.S. dollar, but it is very difficult to get. " 30 -year-old patient red to draw the intersection of sha and sha walk kilometer of jungles come here Lssa have, want to see her arthritis. Her 13 -year-old son brings a bag of peanuts and acts as the expenses for medicine. In order to see the doctor, her seven member family almost wants to take out all grain ration. And then, she will have the work thought in others' field the child exchanged for the grain ration. The hospital has reached the unwritten protocol with residents: The patient offers crops and livestock planted, the hospital cures the disease for them. 2 doctors and 15 nurses here, meet examining 6000 patients, including 2000 AIDS persons each month. "The people here are very friendly, take good care of patient. " 22 -year-old the intersection of Monica and nurse must go with, come hospital for cure stomach trouble. She has paid 3 black chickens. Because the hospital still can take 10,000 dollars to to replenish from charitable organization every month, so is lower than that of government's hospital to the patient's charge. Here, it charges 1 dollar to see a doctor once, or 1/4 of the barrel peanuts. In the intersection of government and hospital, want 4, and only cash. One the intersection of investigation and discovery of May, Zimbabwe a typical one six member family. In April, they each one are average so long as spend 8 U.S. dollars meeting all demands. The report of the United Nations indicates, Zimbabwe's poor intensity far exceeds and should be organized and included any country of data statistics. Report find if education, health, income with compare before the 40 year, Zimbabwe than little even country before the 40 year 3 one of. (Liu Hao)


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