First Lady Christine Kaseba Sata has called for accelerated efforts in reducing the infant and child mortality rates in the country.
Dr Kaseba- Sata said with only two years to go before 2015, there is need for Zambia to accelerate its efforts if it is to achieve its Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on health by reducing the infant and child mortality rate.
The First Lady was speaking during the Arthur Davison Children’s Hospital open day in Ndola today.
Dr Kaseba Sata said she was disheartened to learn that the hospital lacked necessary facilities to conduct major tests making it unable to efficiently care for its patients.
She urged members of the community to come to the hospital’s aid through various donations, saying they should not only wait for big investors.
And Arthur Davison Children’s Hospital Senior Superintendent Samuel Phiri disclosed that the biggest challenge faced by the hospital is lack of sufficient bed space.
Dr Phiri explained that the children’s hospital was built in 1962 with a bed capacity of 250, adding that 51 years later, the hospital still has the same bed capacity which has grown to be largely inadequate.
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I feel sorry 4 the Health Minister…..
Infants are even more safe than your husband’s PF cadres. PF cadres’s mortality rate mortality rate will rise even higher if you don’t force your “wrong husband” to get out the bedroom to go and chess Kabimba away from the country.
High infant and child mortality rates are also to some extent correlated with early marriages. There is need for government to address the latter issue too.
IS THE HEAD OF THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH.
She indirectly is since she has a major hand in influencing appointments. Just like Maureen Mwanawasa did.
Ba madam, can you please focus on advising your husband to show leadership and end the cadre violence.
Is she the Health minister or the new spokesperson for the Health department?
Needlessly, the curtains have blinded the “nonetheless existence” of an office building for the activities.
The Health department has become synonymous with the first lady’s “office” of which , memorably, “received” a hefty K1.6 Billion. Wasn’t the undeserved retirement home for the partnering enough?! On top of that.
Please, help the poor health minister to be able to do his/her job. This”office” seemingly and randomly encroaching into a peoples healthcare (MOE), beyond its non existent.
Say so if you want to take over control.
Where is the health minister? Vacant? Or she’s acting, with “Donchi Kubeba” of nowadays.
Bakaseba please spend time wife you tonite in bed so as to reflect on what happen yesterday and advise you hasband tomorrow we need action …………..Yes not only efforts in reducing the infant and child mortality rates in the country but also high butchering one another that has rocked PF .
Am of the understanding that this problem of maternal and child mortality is the thing of the past thats why you were rewarded K200,000.00 for bringing the ministry of health programes under control of your restless legs!Madam concentrate on your hubby ,he has few days to live .Help him.Stop interfering in the minister’s job no one appointed you as Health Minister you are just married to your thug.Desparate Kaseba woman………..
Too harsh on the First Lady. She means well. I don’t think she can even dare to mention pf to the hubby. She is a professional and she is better left like that.
“…bed capacity of 250, adding that 51 years later, the hospital still has the same bed capacity which has grown to be largely inadequate.”
HAHAHAHA!!! GROWN to be LARGELY INADEQUATE. This is very interesting insinuation. It is like saying you have 3 months to leave, instead of saying you are dying in 3 months’ time… nice one!