Mary Mubaiwa, ailing ex-wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, was on Friday issued with a warrant of arrest while she was on a stretcher bed outside a Harare court where she was supposed to appear before a magistrate facing charges of money laundering.

According to the privately-owned NewsDay newspaper, her attorney Beatrice Mtetwa wept in court after magistrate Florence Chakanyuka issued the warrant of arrest.

Mtetwa, the newspaper reports, told Chakanyuka that her client was seriously ill and lying on a stretcher bed outside the court and therefore she needed to assess her condition before making any ruling on her absence from the courtroom.

NewsDay reports that Mtetwa told the court that she brought Mubaiwa despite her state because she was once issued with an arrest warrant while she was admitted in hospital.

Prosecutor George Manokore did not oppose Mtetwa’s application to assess Mubaiwa’s health condition, according to the newspaper.

But after adjourning the matter, reports NewsDay, Chakanyuka said there were no provisions for the court to go outside the courtroom to assess Mubaiwa’s condition and issued the arrest warrant.

It’s unclear if Mubaiwa has since been arrested as her lawyer was unavailable for comment.