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95 % Cancer cases attended to locally

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Government says more than 95 per cent of cancer disease cases were being attended to locally at the new Cancer hospital situation at Lusaka’s University Teaching Hospital (UTH).

Ministry of Health Spokesperson Canicius Banda disclosed this in an interview with ZANIS in Lusaka today.

Dr. Banda said government has so far saved huge sums of money because many cancer patients that were referred to hospitals outside Zambia specialized treatment were now attended to locally.

He added that the opening of the cancer hospital in the country has since saved many lives.

The cancer hospital in Zambia was opened three years ago to treat cancer through radio therapy and demo therapy.

Dr. Banda said certain types of cancer could be prevented through use of drugs and regular check ups.

He further said patients, who were not able to access treatment in districts, could be referred to UTH for treatment.

He pointed out that cancer could also be prevented through balanced diet and avoiding smoking and certain foods which contain preservatives.

Dr. Banda also said cervical cancer could also be prevented through use of condoms because it is sometimes transmitted through unprotected sex.

He cautioned patients having wounds lasting more than seven days without healing to suspect cancer and seek medical attention.

Dr. Banda said the poor people should not be exempted from seeking treatment, adding that it was government’s policy to enable everyone access medical attention even when they were unable to pay.

ZANIS/VP/KSH/ENDS

30 COMMENTS

  1. Dr Banda it’s about improved living standards that are too low making your jods hard.Let a meaningfull goverment come in and improve money in the pockets, your figures on number of cases will drop drastically. Its poverty affecting most of the people in Zambia, period.

  2. #4 Anonymous where does it say “those that are refered to hospital”? If you were answering an exam question you would get zero batata. Do you want me to give you websites to test your IQ?

    Kalaleni ba cabuleshina!

  3. Kwena #4 ulicipuba eeee! Yes I have read the article 4 times and can not see where it says the article was refering to the cases reported to the hospital. Some of you are better off going back to Zed.

    Muletusebanya! Akalufumo!

  4. #1 and #5, The fact that these cases are already identified as cancer tells you they’ve already been seen by a medical person. It’s standard in Zed for cases identified as cancer, even in remote areas, to be refered to a general hospital and now UTH cancer centre. So what is been said here is that 95% of the cases identified as cancer are locally dealt with through this system. What do you find doubtful about this figure? It’s not like our people have the resources to seek medical advice beyond this system…abroad, is it? By the way, Banda is not claiming that 95% cases attended to locally are ‘sucessfully’ cured, without which the figure been talked about is meaningless.

  5. The Zambian in the Big Brother Africa show is a disgrace, he smokes tea leaves because there are no cigarattes in the house. Chamba is all he is used to. Chituwo improve Chainama as well this boy might need those facilities.

  6. You are not the Ponyax I stared with in Icengelo, the one with a British flag are you? Got to be honest he is more sensible! lol! No wonder you have got a flag I can not figure out-no harm mearnt here mate!
    The article is not talking about (like you have put it) “sucessfully cured” cases.
    Zero out of 10 naimwe bakaamba! I was asking whether the statistics included cancer cases from remote areas of Zambia. Not all cancer cases are reported in Zed and chances are these statistics are only refering to Chililabombwe down to Livingstone. Rocket science?

  7. There we go again. The question is – are we saving more lives than when we referred these cases abroad? Banda you can’t put a price on life if you don’t agree try your life.

    I am not a Dr. but I know that there are more methods of treatment out there/here (whatever) than the two Banda mentioned.

    Thumbs up for looking out for the poor.

  8. You need good leadership to have every case looked at by a medical Dr. and elections are around the corner y’all need to vote and do it wisely.

  9. You Ka Tona, we were mates mu chengelo… but you diss me on LT blog(lol)… I also do not recognise the flag on my comments, but I’m situated across the english channel.

    DIAGONISED Cancer cases are actually well reported in Zed, through the referal syetem which includes centres remote…off the rail line. Uncle Tom, through their CDC (Centres for Disease Control) started the Zambia cancer register program some 15 yrs ago. This registry played a big role in gathering monies and support for the UTH cancer centre. The registry is now a familiar system in certain circles of the country…victims and specialised workers.

  10. #1 and #5 you cannot even read the first two lines. Kwena pa zed problem ya illiteracy ikulu, if the cases are treated locally at UTH, doesnt it mean the records are already in place? All you want is the word or words :reffered to the hospital”. Any way records show that zedians do not have a good reading culture(go to CSO sept to october archive files or znbc archive files for the same period in 2007) you will agree with me that pipo comment even on things they have not read or heard. plitz mwilatusebanya.
    Kaili kuti mwapone chinechine ama exams ya GRE or CAT.

  11. This is really sad for our country, especially that we have the second highest rate of cervical cancer in the world afer Tanzania .something needs to be done urgently before more lives are lost. i think Cancer can be avoided.

    bms9.wats up?

  12. PLEASE GOVT DO SOMETHING
    what do you expect if 90% of zambian doctors are all gone
    Improve hospital conditions and doctors salaries and i know that they lack equipments and medicines at UTH how do expect them to eradicate cancer cases

  13. #5 and#6. I will advice you to take a simple course in qualitative and quantitative data analysis. It may help you learn how to interprete data. Usually this is taught in the first two years of the university degree programme. Did you two ever see the inside of a university lecture theatre?

    ”’Where does it say ..those that are referred to hospital?’ Honestly #5 and #6 are you two this stupid?

  14. #19 You are a retard.
    “Usually this is taught in the first two years of the university degree programme” It is not true you “tool”. If you are talking about Zambia, I am afraid you are talking to a wrong man. I left Zed after doing my A Levels and I never had to do the crap you are on about you “tool”.

  15. Come to think of it! Dr Banda’s statistics are about the people who have been diagonised with cancer by physicians most definitely at Hospitals. Of these more than 95% of the known cases are being treated locally. The rest are not. #5 and #6 are dysfunctional literates. They definitely can read and write but their analytical skills are next to zero. They both have a memory of a microwave.

  16. Ka Tona #20 So you are an ‘A’ level graduant!. No wonder the shallowness. It does not matter when or how you left Zambia my friend the basics of data analysis are cardinal in every university degree programme. Shame on you. Kicking doors, tantrums and insults wont mask your ignorance. The point is: you have failed to inteprete a simple news article and now the whole world knows how intelligent you are! The infamous ‘A’ levels eh? We know how tough they are eh eh eh eh!

  17. #23 Like I said you are a retard. Look at your post again you “tool” (#19) and look at paragraph one and two of the article.

    You are the most intelligent on here ain`t you? Like I said, sorry I never went to UNZA. You sound like you went to UNZA and you are bitter about it.

  18. Ka Tona I am with you on this one. May be this imbushi or Mbuluwa also has a brain of a fish.

    Mbuluwa you do not have to shout to be heard. Grow up!

  19. Lol #28 Has no idea what he is talking about. If he had he wouldnt have repeated #26’s mistake! And you guys have very poor reading ability in that you continue mispelling your critic’s name. I am beginning to think that we are speaking of a species of very questionable intelligence!

  20. I have to say I am very proud to learn about the Cancer Hospital in Zambia. I realize the process of putting statistics about the incidences in rural and urban areas is complicated but I commend them for trying. Cancer is a serious disease that can divastate individuals and families and strides that have been made in the western world to manage the disease are ones that I would love to see happening in Zambia. While I have personally faced the unfortunate cancer diagnosis, I have been fortunate to have access to the most advanced treatments – chemotherapy, radiation therapy and hormone therapy here in the United States. I hurt for my people back home. Ndomfwa sana Ubulanda!

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