Government has released K3.7 billion for the construction of a modern general hospital in Choma.
Opposition UPND Choma Member of Parliament, George Chazangwe, says the release of the funds reflects positive commitment by government to take health services closer to the people.
Mr Chazangwe told ZANIS in an interview in Choma today that government has initially allocated K 3.7 billion in this year’s national budget to facilitate the commencement of construction works of the new general hospital.
The MP, who did not disclose the total cost of the project, said the rest of the funds for the project will be disbursed in phases.
He said people, who attended a stakeholders meeting held yesterday to discuss the hospital issue, expressed gratitude to government for responding to calls from Choma residents for a modern hospital befitting the status of the district.
The meeting was attended by several Choma residents representing various interest groups as well as Choma District Commissioner, Laiven Apuleni.
He said the new hospital would be built next to the existing district hospital which has been described as unsuitable to operate as a health institution due to unfit infrastructure.
Mr Chazangwe said government would release funds in phases to ensure steady progress and completion of the district hospital.
Recently, during the tour of the hospital, the parliamentary committee on health chaired by Chikankata MP Munji Habeenzu recommended for the construction of a new general hospital to replace the existing facilities.
Inspectors in the ministry of health have on several occasions condemned the current facilities at Choma general hospital which they said posed a danger to both patients and personnel.
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NOT ENOUGH, WHAT ABOUT THE MORGUE AND THE MOTHERS SHELTER
why refusing desclosing the total cost of the hospital??? You must be transparent guys.
LT is it K3.7 million or K3.7 billion..be serious with figures
Good move MMD GRZ also as a campaign message for the 2011 election in the mighty Southern Province. However “… the new hospital would be built next to the existing district hospital which has been described as unsuitable to operate as a health institution due to unfit infrastructure” seems to imply that this move is just an addition of infrastructure to the dilapidated one and not necessarily a new hospital.
This is amplified in “… during the tour of the hospital, the parliamentary committee on health chaired by Chikankata MP Munji Habeenzu recommended for the construction of a new general hospital to replace the existing facilities” that clearly shows that new buildings are just going to be there to replenish the already exiting ones.
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Matthew 6:33
#3 If you cant build a chicken run with K3.7m how do you expect a hospital to be built with that amount ? Ask sensibly at times. That query answered, I would like torequest Govt to ensure that proper services are given at the hospital and that the staff is well taken care of.
good development…impressing. here the govt. deserve to b praised……thanx…..
Where has the gov’t been all this time. Anyway better late than never. Now that the money has been allocate we want progress
just think that it would have been cheaper to refurbish the current structures to morden standards and the add extra structures for facilicities that did not exist,-i-just hope no one one is creaming out of this project typical of the MOH.
The circus comes around.They should put those guys who stole from the MOH department. It is a good gesture that theso called gov´t has thought of such a developmental project.Had all the money that was stolen been used for such projects,Zambia would have been a place to be proud of.Thats the reason Obama never even had a second thought of comming to Zed cause all is not well.
Progress is all we looking at…words without deeds ain´t got any weight in them.Transparancy also is something that have put places like Ghana ahead of Zambia cause things ain´t just right.Disclose the total amount to be spent on this project plz.