A 51-year-old woman dies during an alleged throat surgery performed at a house in Chitungwiza, according to police. Police say the procedure was intended to remove a growth from the woman’s throat. Zimbabwe Independent and New Zimbabwe both report that the incident results in the arrest of a 40-year-old man.
Police spokesperson Paul Nyathi says the arrested man, identified as Douglas Mutore, is not licensed to practise medicine. Both outlets frame the case as involving an unlicensed practitioner and the woman’s death occurring during or around the time of the procedure. No additional details on the medical findings, the circumstances leading to the operation, or any court proceedings are included in the provided reports.
While the two sources share the same core facts—location, death of the patient, and arrest of an unlicensed practitioner—they do not present differing investigative angles beyond repeating that police allege the practitioner’s lack of licensing.
