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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 87613, member: 27"]
A private hospital's refusal to release an elderly patient over an unpaid bill has landed Exclusive Medcare Hospital in the Mutare High Court on an urgent application.

Exclusive Medcare Hospital holds a patient over an unpaid bill
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[*]Marita Manyore, a 75-year-old from Murambinda in Buhera District, has been held for nearly two weeks.
[*]Exclusive Medcare Hospital refused to let her go until the full bill was cleared.
[*]Her specialist already signed off on her discharge, as she no longer needed specialized care.
[*]Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights wrote to the hospital, calling the whole thing illegal and unethical.
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The bill kept climbing the longer she stayed
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[*]Manyore's tab sat at US$1,070 when the family first pushed for her release on February 15.
[*]A US$200 upfront offer with two monthly US$500 instalments got shot down flat.
[*]By February 19, the hospital had bumped the total to US$1,440 and still rejected a US$500 payment.
[*]A February 26 meeting revealed the bill had ballooned further to US$2,200.
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Son takes the fight to the Mutare High Court
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[*]Witness Mavambire filed an urgent chamber application at the Mutare High Court on February 28.
[*]Lawyers Tatenda Sigauke and Peggy Tavagadza argued that the detention is purely a debt-collection tactic.
[*]Manyore's constitutional rights are being trampled by a billing dispute, per the legal team.
[*]The Mutare High Court has yet to schedule a hearing date.
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