Mashonaland East’s Mahusekwa hospital nursing staff is using an old lorry to get to and from the health care facility as the hospital faces serious transport challenges.
Patients seeking treatment at the hospital have urged authorities to ensure the health workers’ dignity is upheld.
Mahusekwa hospital is a state-of-the-art medical institution in Marondera district.
But there is nothing near being state-of-the-art when it comes to the welfare of its staff.
Nurses who stay in Marondera are enduring the humiliating experience of travelling to and from work in an old open truck.
The state media  caught up with the sad scene at Munosi Centre in Marondera where the nurses and other support staff were struggling to board the lorry.
For some, boarding the lorry was such a mammoth task that needed assistance.
In the heat of the moment, one female nurse dropped a shoe and never noticed it.
Had it not been the colleagues who noticed, she might have got to work with just one shoe.
Sitting in a lorry can be messy business and to keep up appearances, the female nurses have to carry wrapping material commonly known as “mazambiya”.
Arriving at the hospital, it is once again the arduous task of disembarking.
Patients who were waiting to be treated could do nothing but feel sorry for the nurses.
Most of the hospital staff stay in Marondera as the hospital only has accommodation for doctors.
Mashonaland East provincial medical director Dr Simukai Zizhou was not in office and his mobile phone was unreachable.