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Video: Woman who travelled to Salvation Army’s Howard hospital for three hours about Dr. Paul Thistle
This video by the Short Term International Medical Missions Abroad is a short interview with a Zimbabwean woman whose sister had just given birth. They made a 3-hour trip to receive treatment at Howard Hospital in Chiweshe (Mashonaland Central). For over 16 years, Dr. Paul Thistle and his medical team have provided advanced medical ... RelZim reporter witnesses Howard Hospital’s demise
Hundreds of thousands of people used to rely on the Salvation Army-run Howard Hospital in Chiweshe in Mashonaland Central Province. Many Zimbabweans remember the hospital as the only facility that remained functional when the political and economic crisis saw the collapse of the country’s medical sector. Villagers that talked to RelZim.org reporter bemoaned ...
Canadian Salvation Army doctor stays in Zimbabwe, attracts international funds
This month, Canadian bush doctor Dr. Paul Thistle joined the surgical team at Karanda Hospital, a few hours’ drive from the troubled Howard Hospital. And with him come international funds. After having to put money raised for Howard Hospital on hold after turmoil there, Canadian Langley Rotary clubs in British Columbia are ready to ... Canadian donors consider responsible action for Chiweshe community
After a decade of raising money, awareness and facilitating the travel of dozens of volunteers from Peterborough, Ontario (Canada) to Howard Hospital in Mashonaland Central Province, a grassroots group of Canadian supporters is at a crossroads. Having raised close to $240,000 for the Salvation Army facility and its surrounding community, the group ...
Salvation Army avoids outside independent audit, turns back on long-time friend photographer
Today I was denied permission to photograph at the Howard Hospital. They were skeptical of me. Despite the fact I photographed there in 2001, 2006, 2008 and 2010; despite the facts my photos raised thousands of dollars and inspired many doctors to volunteer; despite the fact the Salvation Army has published ... Salvation Army in Zimbabwe: transfering doctors is routine procedure
The Salvation Army says it will expel Dr Paul Thistle from the church if he continues to defy orders to relocate to Canada. This follows reports that Dr Thistle, who was supposed to return to Canada last Sunday, had changed his position and was still in Zimbabwe. Hundreds of people in ... Canadian Volunteers Stuck in Zimbabwe
Outside Howard hospital in Chiweshe (Mashonaland Central), drums throbbed as hundreds of local people — who had gathered there earlier in the day to protest a decision made weeks before to remove the hospital’s head doctor — grew violent, some lobbing rocks through the air as others reportedly overturned a Salvation Army truck. ... What a graduate of the UZ medical school thinks of the ‘salvation’ from the white Howard Hospital doctor
Unless you have been living in a cave the past month or so, you most likely have come across news that Salvation Army‘s Dr. Paul Thistle who through his dedicated service for the past 16 years has endeared himself to the community of Chiweshe (Mashonaland Central) in particular, will be leaving Howard ... Salvation Army doctor’s family back to Canada to fundraise for Howard Hospital
The Canadian-born Zimbabwe-based doctor Paul Thistle, who runs the Salvation Army’s Howard Hospital (one of the biggest hospital in Mashonaland Central), was in Peterborough, Ontario (Canada) with his family to take part in a fundraiser for the facility. More than 100 people enjoyed a dinner from the Shish Kabob Hut, live ...