North-Western Province Permanent Secretary, Jeston Mulando has called for expansion of Solwezi general hospital to cope with the increasing population in the district.
Mr Mulando said there was need to construct an office block for members of staff rather than squeezing staff offices within wards.
He said this when he toured the hospital today.
The Permanent Secretary rushed to the hospital to verify reports from some people that clinical officers were not attending to patients.
He however, found the situation normal and staff in the out patient department explained that they never turned back any person.
Meanwhile, Provincial Health Director, Dr George Liabwa also echoed the Permanent Secretary’s sentiments that there was need to expand the hospital.
Dr Liabwa said they have submitted the budget to the ministry for rehabilitation of the hospital.
He added that there was also need for another clinic in Solwezi because the current infrastructure can not cope with the increasing population.
With the highly anticipated population explosion in Solwezi, building another hospital would be the most sensible thing to do. Gov. has the money but wrong prioritization.
Magande has already said that money now is not a problem in zambia but the will to turn words into action is what is lacking. There is need to expand the current hospital and also build another one. The govt has that money. There isno need to wait for donors.