Legendary comedian Lazarus Boora, also known as Gringo, is seriously ill again and has failed to raise money for medication.
The 47-year-old is suffering from intestine obstruction and experiencing discomfort in sitting, backache coupled by hearing and talking difficulties.
Gringo had appendix surgery last before he relocated to his rural home in Rusape.
He later returned to Harare and is staying in Hatfield with his wife Netsai Meki and three children.
Meki told The Herald that her husband has been unwell for a long time and they decided to return to Harare as she works at the Tobacco Auction Floors. She said:
He is in pain compared to before. On Saturday we took him to a hospital in Waterfalls because his condition was worsening. They said he was dehydrated.
He is failing to eat properly, and if he eats, he vomits and is suffering from diarrhoea.
We give him only a few spoons of porridge and he eats a morsel of sadza, which he sometimes can’t finish.
Now he is having back problems. The doctor said he might have an infection in his intestines and needs to go for a scan.
The challenge now is finances to go back to his first surgeon.
Meki appealed to well-wishers for donations so that he can be attended to by the surgeon.