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Construction of Lumwana hospital progressing well

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Construction of the K11.5 billion Lumwana general hospital in Solwezi district has reached an advanced stage.

The hospital, which is situated in Manyama area, will have a female, male and children wards, which will each have a capacity of 32 beds.

It will also have a mortuary, an operating theatre, a maternity wing, an Out Patient Department and 14 staff houses.

Once completed, the hospital will help decongest Solwezi general hospital.

A check at the site by Solwezi District Commissioner Frobisher Fulayi revealed that almost 90 percent of the works have already been done.

Jizan Construction Company site manager Wan He however complained to the District Commissioner that theft of building materials and vandalism by the local people has hampered the completion of the works.

Mr. Wan said the other factor that delayed the completion of the hospital was the distance where building sand and stones were sourced from.

He however, expressed hope that the project will be completed and handed over to government by July this year.

Speaking after touring the site, Mr. Fulayi expressed happiness at the quality of work and the rate at which the works were progressing.

Mr. Fulayi was however, disappointed with the behavior of the local people, who he said were frustrating government efforts by stealing building materials for the project which is meant to benefit them.

The District Commissioner refuted reports by some sections of society that Lumwana general hospital was being funded by the mine.

He said the project was fully funded by government.

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11 COMMENTS

  1. Why so much thieving in Zambia? Workers can’t be trusted at all. It is so annoying and embarrassing. The other day, they stole all electrical fittings at my house I have been struggling to build for close to 4 years now. Killing a thief in Zambia should surely be legalized.

  2. Ok good to see that my province is developing well. Big up government, I will not say mmd govt. It is the responsibility of any govt of the day to develop its country.

  3. This hospital should have been designed to take up to 100 beds for females and 100 beds for males, and 150 beds for children. The way it has been deigned, it is like for a small town college. Or the funds should have been used to clean up the UTH which is much dirtier than the some farm houses for animals.

  4. No doubt, we have a working Govt. in office. MMD, you defintely have my vote and all the rural votes. Keep up with the good work!! In Kawambwa where one of my parents come from, Its all MMD. The hour is trully here.

  5. all those things mentioned that the hospital will have are standard … why make it out like they are extras yaba

  6. This hospital will also provide jobs for nurces, doctors and all those that are in the medical field. The salaries thus earned by these employees will boost the local economy as it is spent on food to feed their families, books for their children etc. So this hospital will not only attend to healthcare needs but there also other sectors of the society that will be impacted by it. RB mudala watu continue with development. When you are elected back into office this year, do not relax instead you should come and do far more than what you have done in the last two years..

  7. #1 are you talking about me? how did you know about my situation? where did we zambians lose our sense of decency? theft, corruption IS the glorified way of life. you see so many people on this and other blogs condemning rb etc as being corrupt or condoning corruption when they, themselves would not shy away from corrupt practices, theft and the SANGWAPO mentality!

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