Beshe Health Centre in Shangombo District of Western province has been operating without qualified medical staff for five months.
The clinic has since been managed by a security guard following the departure of a nurse who has gone on leave and the environmental health technician who has gone for further studies.
ZANIS reports that this came to light when Sinjembela Member of Parliament (MP) Poniso Njeulu visited the area to check on various governments developmental projects being carried on in the area.
Mr. Njeulu who is also Information and Broadcasting Deputy Minister has since directed the Shangombo District Medical Office to ensure that staff is urgently sent to the clinic.
“I am deeply saddened with the development that there is no staff at the clinic, therefore I urged the district medical office to ensure that staff is urgently sent to the clinic “He said.
Mr. Njeulu stated that it is unprofessional and unethical for a security guard to attend to patients adding that this posse a great danger to the people seeking for medical services.
He said government is committed to ensure that only qualified medical staff attends to patients in all health centers across the country.
ZANIS
welll according to sources at the state house.. sata will only bring you nurses and doctors if you gave a him PF MP and voted for him…hahahahahah
Poniso Sata wa ku bonisa. You joined the rascals so that they bring ‘development’ to your area! What is the problem now? Go to Sata and tell him that he should deliver his part of the deal. If not , the voters will boot you out in the by-elections. Besides your Sata is a liability to you in Western Province. Hope that when he goes to campaign for you, you will have the guts to tell him to desist from his obsession about the ‘Lozi minority’ and ‘other tribes’! Educate him that ‘Lozi’ refers to all and sundry of the 32 ethnicities. If not your margin of defeat will be 1:3 just like in Lukulu West. The Lozi Nation does not entertain graduates of Anthropology from Matero University with quarter baked knowledge about Secaba Sa Malozi! Kozo!
This is a scandal! The Minister in charge of Health –whoever he is these days– SHOULD resign on moral grounds… people’s lives are at stake here.