Health deputy minister Dr. Patrick Chikusa says government will continue training and supporting male nurses and midwives.
This follows recent concerns from some sections of society who condemned as taboo the practice f male midwives and nurses attending to female patients.
Dr. Chikusu said there is nothing wrong with having male nurses and male midwives adding that myths will not deter government from delivering health services to its people.
Speaking today when he officiated at the 42nd Graduation ceremony for Registered nurses, midwives, theatre nurses, HIV/AIDS nurse practitioners and critical care nurses at the University Teaching Hospitals, Dr. Chikusu said government will not allow a situation where patients are attended to by unqualified staff at the expense of myths.
Dr. Chikusu said the PF government is committed to ensuring that its people receive the best health care services across the country.
Meanwhile, Dr. Chikusu has assured patients who are on Anti Retro viral (ARVs) treatment that government is expecting to have full stock of the drug soon after the procured drugs are delivered in full.
Dr. Chikusu said government is dedicated to ensuring that loss of life due to lack of drugs in hospitals is avoided.
He added that the University Teaching Hospital now has no shortage of pre-nan milk for premature babies whose mothers cannot breast feed for various reasons.
He said although government emphasis is to ensure that every child is breast fed, government will continue offering support to babies in need of pre-nan milk.
Some parts of the country were recently hit by a shortage of pre-nan milk and ARVs prompting complaints from the beneficiaries.
ZANIS
Spot on…refusing to train individuals because of their sex is sex discrimination in itself; this is likened to refusing treatment by a Gynaecologists because of his sex….the only one to suffer will be the patient.
Those boys who decide to be Midwives have one motivation and one… that to touch the…
How can a Zambian man decide to take such a career, even if there are shortage of jobs? Kutumpa sana. Imagine a man checking on Bana Sata, that is unforgivable sin.
Nostradamus, that is so foolish. And you are in the US? You sound like you’re in Mutenguleni.
in health care services theres no regard of which sex should do this or that thats y there are even female drs. n1 who find this to b a taboo then that chap shld b a stone aged.
They are better than the female ones who are ever bitter!
Very true. Most male nurses are so kind-hearted. I remember Kabwe General Hospital had one called Webster Simwaba, he was totally dedicated to patients. Let’s us not discriminate because nursing is a vocation.
men put the babies in and it is right that they take them out. perfect!
Imwe naimwe, then you are encouraging the fake male nurses to be using you, because they know how to take it out.
I wouldn’t even go and shave my woman’s for simple reason of respect.
Your poor wife. Totally starved of erotic intimacy. ……in the name of respect
you just feel good when we put our fingers in you!
theres no good when it comes to labour pains my dear.
In this modern world both male and female deserve equal opportunates why should equality be only when its female crying anything male is not normal, Women let men do they job moveover they are more gentle than women as they have no idea how it feels like to be in that state so i was told.
I am sensing a fundamentalist shift in Zambia. This has never even been debatable; it is all about occupations and vocations. Are we treading the Pakistan/Afghanistan route of overwhelming the common good with dogma and ancient edicts? This is what happens when you define leadership (I am sure we will still vote UNIP until they are all taken up by nature) and development (refusing to improve infrastructure because it is either “evil” or “it is fine but we will pray about it when it doesn’t work well”)…
Zambians never fail to amaze me. What is the difference between a male midwife and a male gynae & obs doctor?? How is it acceptable to be treated or attended to by a male doctor when delivering than a male midwife?? Let us be realistic before we start condemning certain things.
Nostradamus ,your contribution on the blog most of the time is out of touch and reality .You nauseate me to say the least.
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