HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- Zimbabwe's health system, once the envy of many African nations, is "in a state of collapse" -- with many hospitals either completely shut down or unable to admit new patients, a leading doctors' group said Thursday. Doctors and nurses in Harare protest at the state of Zimbabwe's collapsing health system. The failure of medical services has forced doctors to turn away pregnant women and the sick. And with a cholera epidemic sweeping through the capital city of Harare and surrounding areas, medical officials say they fear they will be faced with hundreds of normally preventable deaths in the coming days.
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Main hospitals in Harare stops taking patients due to medicine shortage
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Doctors Group: Mugabe's govt. responsible for recent cholera epidemic
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Zimbabwe ask group headed by ex-U.N. chief Kofi Annan to postpone visit
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State-owned newspaper calls visit a "partisan" attempt to boost the opposition
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