Zimbabwe’s Ingutsheni psychiatric hospital in pictures
A recent photo essay by Gertrude Pswarayi for Global Press Institute shows how a lack of food, clothes and supplies plagues residents.
In Zimbabwe, mental illness is considered a curse. Those suffering from mental illnesses are shunned, abandoned and forgotten by family. In one “insane asylum,” mental health patients rely on each other and the medical staff for emotional suport. Still, the hospital struggles to provide residents with adequate food, toiletries and clothing. Despite all these challenges, patients here say their faith in God gives them hope.