BULAWAYO – Mpilo Central Hospital has been hit by yet another scandal after a trainee nurse was hauled before the courts for allegedly forging academic qualifications to secure admission at the institution’s nursing school. Thelma Gurupira, 23, of Mbare in Harare, appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Takudzwa Gwazemba on Monday charged with tendering a fake Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) certificate. She allegedly presented a forged ZIMSEC certificate claiming six passes in the November 2017 exams. “Mpilo School of Nursing acted upon the fake document and enrolled the accused person as a student nurse, where she trained from September 2022 to September 2025,” Sithole told the court. Investigations showed she only managed four passes across two sittings, but her forged certificate reflected top grades such as Agriculture (A), Shona (A), English (B) and Mathematics (C).