Fifteen out of thirty Kasama bus accident victims, who were admitted to Kasama General Hospital on Wednesday this week, have been discharged.
And five bodies of the six people who perished in the Nkolemfumu accident which involved a Gemins Luxury Coach were this afternoon dispatched to their respective places for burial.
Kasama General Hospital Medical Superintendent Elijah Mutoloki confirmed the discharge of the patients when Northern Province Deputy Permanent Secretary Micah Zyambo visited the hospital to check on the patients.
Dr. Mutoloki told the delegation, which included Kasama Central Member of Parliament Geoffrey Mwamba and Kasama District Commissioner Steven Chanda, that the condition of the remaining patients was stable apart from one who suffered a broken spine.
He revealed that the hospital was making arrangements to evacuate him to Lusaka for specialist treatment.
Earlier Mr. Mwamba, who is the proprietor of Gemins Motorways, told ZANIS that five bodies had been dispatched to their respective places for burial.
He said two bodies of a couple have been dispatched to Mpulungu while two other bodies have been dispatched to Lusaka. The fifth body of a man was dispatched to Malole in Mungwi for burial.
The only body remaining in the hospital is that of a Kasama woman, who will be put to rest on Monday.
Mr. Mwamba has described the accident as a tragedy saying this was the first fatal accidents in the five years of Gemins operations.
He has since sent messages of condolences to the bereaved families and wished the injured people a quick recovery.
Mr. Mwamba further paid tribute to government for responding promptly after learning about the accident, saying this had helped to reduce the number of casualties.
He said it was gratifying that the provincial administration moved in quickly after receiving reports of the accidents.
Six people died on the spot when a Gemins Luxury Coach careered off the road, about 50 km from Kasama in the early hours of Wednesday.
This accident, which involved a Mpulungu bound bus from Lusaka, was the second to happened in Northern province within the space of 48 hours.
The first one happened in Chinsali district on Monday morning claiming 19 lives.
ZANIS
My condolences to the bereaved families and a prayer of comfort and strength. A speedy recovery to the remaining injured victims.
I join my voice with #1. May they find comfort under the shadow of The Almighty’s wings.
RIP to my innocent pipo. forever young
Accidents do happen air crush even worse. My heart goes to those who have lost beloved ones and I encourage them to look to God for strength. We do not have control over death. And to the provincial adminstration and GBM that was commendable to move quickly and take the bodies of the accident victims to their respective places. This how it should be take responsibility.
This is a very serious issue. The Government should make all the transporting vehicles with the contacting phone on the vehicles, so that when the passengers call the emergency department and tell them the vehicle plate number and where it is heading to the authority can call the driver and warn him. This is a very serious situation. Drivers should be given enough sleep before they start driving and should not drink. I know they let Drivers wait on the line for a long time and when the Bus is full , the Driver is already tired. Think of the passengers and not the money. I wish the Government can punish the owner of the businesses and the Drivers. Please give freedom of speech to the passengers This will eliminate a lot of accidents. Think of passengers and their loved ones.