The Ministry of Health says it will this year prioritize the enhancement of emergency health care services in a bid to prevent unnecessary deaths in the country.
Mobile and Emergency Health Director Welani Chilengwe revealed that health personnel were being trained in Critical Care Nursing to improve the current inefficient emergency health service system in the country.
Dr Chilengwe said this today when he officially opened a Critical Care Nursing Workshop for 14 Intensive Care Unit personnel at the Livingstone General Hospital.
He further said plans were underway to create clear structures of emergency teams at National, Provincial and District levels to respond to trauma cases.
“We need to create clear structures of emergency teams at national, provincial and district levels to deal with trauma cases since at the moment we do not have such,” he said.
Dr Chilengwe also challenged the trainees not to just concentrate on being competent but to be caring and empathetic towards their patients.
“No matter how competent you are, if you are unavailable, uncaring and not empathetic towards your patients then you are useless to them,” he said.
And Dr Chilengwe has disputed assertions that the establishment of the main Intensive Care Unit at the Livingstone General Hospital was not done due to the country’s co-hosting of the UNWTO with neighboring Zimbabwe.
He said the initiative to establish the facility was meant to improve the Livingstone General Hospital and service delivery to members of the public.
“Establishment of the main ICU at the Livingstone General Hospital is not because of the UNWTO as we have been doing this in other health institutions across the country,” he said.
Meanwhile, Dr Chilengwe revealed that about 192, 000 people accessed treatment from the Mobile Hospital Units countrywide since 2011 when the services were rolled out to members of the public.
He noted that the response to mobile health care services had been overwhelming especially in Copperbelt province.
Dr Chilengwe however, stated that Mobile Hospital Units faced the challenge of treating patients with utmost dignity due to overwhelming crowds in some places.
And Livingstone General Hospital Medical Superintendent Namani Monze commended efforts made by the directorate in his ministry to improve service delivery at the health institution.
Dr Monze said the Livingstone General Hospital had received a lot of support for emergency care and it was up to the health personnel to operate efficiently.
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Way to go! I guess that goes for remote areas as well!
this is good, most road tragic accident victims die due to inefficient response from emergency health service. Muleficako bwangu
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Every little helps for the task before us is great. Food, health, education, jobs… so much to do. More hands on deck needed to work with each government of the day. The only way to improve the legacy we leave is to all have a stake in our own small ways and beef up what is possible. The experience gained by the medical staff we have lost to other countries could still be used through volunteering on the ground. Just a thought.
What is the Emergence phone number in Zambia?
999
911
111
998
666 – sometimes people have to go through hell to get help 🙂
On a serious note though I actually glanced at a poster in a store last week and saw the number. I know it was 999 when I was a kid but it was something like 995. Can’t remember it. Sorry.
Talk is cheap.
RTSA must also create a medical response unit country wards to ensure lives of RTA victims are saved.
Agree
That’s some positive news; we need to cut the mortality rate and increase life expectancy so the country has a sufficient pool of productive citizens to help build the country. Lets see how this develops.
Fuseke!!!!
”The Ministry of Health says it will this year prioritize the enhancement of emergency health care services in a bid to prevent unnecessary deaths in the country.”
Silly cow listen to this:
1.It’s emergency…and you realiza that this year,silly cow
2.There is no such thing as ‘unnecessary deaths’ any death is lamenetable!
Next fool please!
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