Zimbabwe: ‘Doctors Using Fake Referrals to Lure Patients’ – Transparency International 4 hours ago By Paidashe Mandivengerei Local anti-corruption body, Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) has accused doctors employed in public hospitals of making unnecessary and illegal referrals to woe desperate patients to their private surgeries. In its latest report on corruption in the public health sector in Zimbabwe, the anti-graft lobby group said public health medical practitioners and specialists were using uncouth means to attract clients to the healthcare private sector where they own surgeries. In recent years, Zimbabwe has witnessed a sprout of private medical surgeries in its major cities and towns which citizens largely rely on as the public healthcare sector is deteriorating.