UNIVERSITY Teaching Hospital nurses were yesterday blasted by Health Minister Chilufya Chitalu for lack of courtesy towards patients and negligence after a woman was forced to give birth on the floor of the hospital’s reception on Saturday. Read More
INVESTIGATIONS into the cause of theaccident involving a Scania Marcopolo bus that recently claimed 14 lives after it plunged into a gorge at Luangwa bridge has revealed that the vehicle was not in road worthy condition. Click here for the Full Story
Whacky rituals that include the shaving of hair from all parts of the body and wearing rings like Satanists do, have been exposed by disaffected members of a church in Lusaka. Click here for the Full Story
VICE-PRESIDENT Guy Scott has said that Government will employ 800 graduate nurses to replace the dismissed health practitioners. Dr Scott maintained in Parliament that Government would not reinstate the fired nurses but replace them with the 800 graduate nurses. Click here for the Full Story
As the festive season nears, the country continues to record tragic incidents. After the weekend Luangwa tragic bus accident which recorded 14 deaths, another disaster has occurred in Livingstone. A man identified as Joe Banda has had his legs cut off when he allegedly jumped off a speeding train. Click here for the Full StoryCLICK HERE FOR MORE ZAMBIAN TV WEBSITES
Press Statement by the Resident Doctors Association of Zambia
Resident Doctors Association of Zambia (RDAZ) regrets the firing of nurses who took part in the strike. We wish to categorically state that firing of health workers has never been and will never be a solution to the ills currently being experienced in the health sector. While we condemn the earlier action taken by the nurse when they downed tools, we can not support this move by Government. Click here for the Full Story
The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) bemoans the continued challenges being faced in the Health sector. We note that the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) has been hit by a crisis of lack of pre nun milk, a supplement needed for the survival and growth of premature babies. Click here for the Full Story
The University Teaching Hospital, Zambia’s biggest referral hospital has had one of its wards where mothers deliver from running without water for three days now, Zambian Eye has been informed. Click here for the Full Story
AN OIL marketing company employee has been killed and police are investigating whether there was foul play. Sources allege that the man was severely beaten in the company premises in Lusaka. Click here for the Full Story
THE ZAMBIA Police Service has maintained that 51 people died in the Chibombo accident that occurred on Thursday contrary to media speculations. Click here for the Full Story
Health Minister Joseph Kasonde says government has procured Oxygen machines to provide continuous supply of the gas to patients at the University Teaching Hospital. Click here for the Full Story