FIRST Lady Christine Kaseba has called on medical doctors to put patients’ lives at the centre of their work as they attend to them and not personal egos.
On Wednesday, Dr Kaseba successfully carried out two major operations at Choma General Hospital. The operations involved the delivery of a 2.7 kilogramme baby boy by Caesarean and removal of a six-kilogramme fibroid uterus.
Briefing journalists here yesterday, Dr Kaseba said the removal of the fibroid was a difficult exercise but was well handled by medical experts.
She said the surgeries being undertaken by medical experts during a mobile health outreach programme also serve as lessons for doctors in Choma.
“The theatre experience is aimed at building capacity among doctors in the district to enable them to deal with cases that would ordinarily be referred to the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka,” she said.
Dr Kaseba hopes that the medical staff in Choma will gain skills and change their attitude in the manner they operate on patients by prioritising a patient’s life.
She visited some patients who underwent operations on Wednesday, toured the maternity wing, children’s ward and the hospital which is under construction.
She said it is gratifying to see patients from various parts of Southern Province access health services.
Dr Kaseba also called on men to regularly screen for prostate cancer, which she said has now become a major killer of men in Africa.
“The numbers are not as huge as cervical cancer cases in women but the figures are significant to warrant action, especially that we are in Choma, where the concoction Mutototo originates from,” she said.
Earlier, Southern Province medical officer Simon Mutembo said the mobile health outreach programme has so far attended to 1,527 patients while the outpatient department has recorded 197 patients.
“The major theatre, the obstetrics and gynecology department attended to nine cases, general surgery 15 cases, urology five cases and ophthalmology nine cases,” Dr Mutembo said.
Under the cervical cancer section, 463 women have been screened so far while 11 patients have been recommended for excision procedure to cut out abnormal tissues.
The mobile health outreach programme, which started on Monday, will go on even in the absence of Dr Kaseba until November 20.
Start with yourself, mulikani!
@Sepo
What exactly do you mean, “start yourself”?
HYPOCRISY at it’s best. Practice what you preach.
This shows that sata will be the president in 2016
She is right. She was down to earth when she was at UTH. Eat your heart out, she is a good person/doctor.
Indeed start with yourself Christina remember how arrogant to junior doctors at UTH,you were full of yourself and a bitter woman .Tell that to yourself also and stop exposing patients in public without their consent ,you are not above the law,some of these public relations gimmicks will badly backfire on you sooner than later,Zambia will be to small for you ,mark my words!
Are those cameramen or women who follow BaMukaya even in labor-wards? Somehow its becoming a taboo to be bombarded with women’s being operated on in public for sake of promoting Mrs, Sata (she doen’t like that name, sorry Kili Kaseba)
@Nostradamus
iwe Nostadamus AKA shilubemba.. what is this information am hearing on the ground.. that you and Ba GBM have a arranged a royal jet for the chitimukulu?? you guys want to present it to the chitimukulu in the presence of Sata and his disciple kabimba??
Thats why Sata is very annoyed with the chitimukulu.. because that jet is supposed to be given to him!!! thats also why he ( sata) doesnt want the ceremony to take place
@Ndobo, yes indeed abena GBM mentioned such gifts like jet, a yatch (no lake in Kasama), he even proposed a bride. But we all told GBM that, the best present Sosala can get is a nice house. And that’s what we are doing, we are renovating the palace, to a Litunga style.
But the presents we heard coming from Sata and his disciple Kabimba was 2 guns for hunting.
HH is bring as usual a heard of cattle, we only advise him maximum 20, not the 200 he offered. Chitimukulu has no farm!!! Maybe that starving Mpezeni can take cows.
This baby is too big. I think the mother died. Now I know why married men go to young girls who has not given birth yet. This baby has taken all sweetness from the mother depriving the father. This is very bad for the husband.
I am sorry, I cant manage! Too big and wide!!! Never!
I saw women being operated on in the Philippines just yesterday on a makeshift hospital. Typhoon disaster. I think the idea of for people to appreciate what these people are doing to save lives. It really depends on how you look at it.
@Mutale Nkumbabukata…the article says that the baby was delivered through Caesarean so your fears are unfounded.The husbands katundu is intact as no harm was done to it during the delivery.After all the whole thing is a big elastic so relax.
OK madam first lady. you’re very hard working. am sure Sata is grooming you to take over in 2021. it’ll be like in Agentina, husband leaves wife takes over
I saw women being operated on in the Philippines just yesterday on a makeshift hospital. Typhoon disaster. I think the idea of for people to appreciate what these people are doing to save lives. It really depends on how you look at it.
not in zambia you maggot,why didn’t maureen inherit
Timely advice for the noble profession. However, motivation also plays a big role in enhancing performance. We can motivate our medical personnel by giving them improved conditions that befit the services they offer to the nation.
This is newsworthy! This is an image builder for the Government more than some past newspaper has tried to do in its editorials for more than 700 days now of the PF Govt. This is working, she should be appointed Minister of Health.
Why should she be minister of health? She is better placed where she is now and she has the freedom to move around freely and help people where she needed most. As minister of health, she will just be spending most of her time in parliament and wasting her skills in the process.
Good to See that MMD Mobile hospitals have continued to deliver, Good vision from Rupiah Bwezani Banda.
Am sure haters of RB are now choking with bitterness and envy
Oh please thats just rubbish coming from such let someone with a genuine heart speak not her
You could always prove her wrong. And who in your view is someone with a “genuine heart”?
Advice is free. take it or leave it. All she is saying is that we men should start considering being screened for prostate antigen. Iam personally very impressed with the first lady. How many doctor ministers find time to practice. They are always busy enriching themselves until end of term.
job well done proud of you our mother.
I love Christine, I respect her too. I think she has made a great first lady. But I would not say she is our mother.
What an awesome first lady we have !!! Wouldn’t mind having her as our next president.
I will be the happiest person in the world if she becomes Zambias first female president, you have no idea how much i dream of that. My only worry is that she hasnt yet been adopted by the Party, the earlier they do that the better so that some of us can start campaigning already. Hillary Clintons has been sealed already keeping my fingers crossed for my Doc!
@cindy
as a person,, Dr kaseba is presidential material,, great presidential !! but in the PF there are alot people with alot of greedy and evil intentions!!!
@ Ndobo,
Thats what am actually afraid of, too many Vampires waiting for Darkness to plunge their teeth should someone even propose her name for adoption. I hope Zambians will support her regardless for she has all it takes for a strong contender come 2016.
Ndobo would you vote for her? am just curious.
@cindy
Give me Dr kaseba anytime i will give her my ballot paper without any who-ha!! She is a great professional person with very few ills..,, thats a kind of president zambia needs, one who comes in without baggage,,, so yes i would vote for her!!
but give me kabimba and i use that ballot papper in the toilet as cruel as it sounds,,
And you know what,, it would be a good move for PF to do a behind the scenes and line up Dr kaseba to takeover,,, and shutup those vampires
@ Ndobo,
Hihihihihih…. you hit the nail on the head and am loving what am reading right now wish we could start campaigning this minute!
good works by our first lady
@she was a very bad person at UTH
Tell ur husband u third wife bitch.
The first lady is the best so far we have ever had in Zambia. For this reason, I will ensure that she takes over from Sata in 2021 elections. LT, give her my email address so that we can strategise for her take over.
Thank you LORD for giving us this humble first lady. Imagine, she is realy down to earth and no boasting as other first ladies we ve seen before.
What a good mother she is. I like her so much.
Yep – reminds me of Lady Pohamba of Namibia who from time to time practices her nursing trade. In fact she now has the Lady Pohamba Hospital Trust doing great deeds for that part of the world. Keep it up Lady Kaseba-Sata.
Wish you would say the same about the First man in plot one!!
Well done!!!
She is down to earth and a mother to me, I really thank God for mother Kaseba
Mum you are one of the best first ladies we have in Africa, i m very proud of you.Thank you LORD for giving us this humble first lady.
Well done,it has been An audacious journey for Zambia to have such a kind of a first lady.
Indeed we started from the bottom.
ccBeT
Vera
So what if she was strict with junior doctors at UTH? Infact those Junior Doctors were lucky to have her. That’s why Zambians are lazy the need coercion to do a better job. The guys who are so negative actually live in the develop world and when it’s come to work the work their anus out and they do not complain when their line managers tells to do so. Dr Kaseba is doing a wonderful job reminding fellow doctor to put the patients interests first. Where in the develop world could you find nurses and doctors go on strike? Only in Zambia. The ordinary people suffer. Patients are respected and can make a complain and being heard. The attitude of health professional s must change treating patients in a dignified way. For example can a doctor or nurse shout at the patient or leave un attended…
i guess u v no brains, you fool, doctors in developed world dont go on strike because there r well paid. go back to school to learn the basics
Ubukala bwa bumi is doing wonderful job serving people in all parts of Zambia.
iwe, mind you spelling, did u mean ubunkankala or ubukala?
What about SEX AFTER BIRTH?
I don’t want a girl who gives babies. I just want good sex from the one I will marry and not babies.
Babies really destroy women! I will never allow my wife to have one and if she insist, I go to another one. Simple!
Why don’t you ask your father this question? By the way, are you the only child?
go and ask your mother period.I wish she had aborted you.
I always appreciate u mama.U served the lives of both my beloved wife and our Miracle baby.She is now a big girl. God bless u richly. We thank Jehovah for u a re not wat dese demons are saying here. U are what Jesus says u are. Shame on u demons!
Viva ba Shing;anga kaseba
True!
Egos must be tamed!
You are not truly learned If you still suffer from Egoitis!
Physicians, heal yourselves!
Very few countries can boast of a MEDICAL DOCTOR/PHYSICIAN First Lady. A practicing one at that. Go “girl”!!!!
Good work Mrs First Lady. Preaching and practicing. I pray that you also motivate the health practitioners with better conditions of service. Way to go.
If only she had the courage to say that to her husband as well.
When is she getting an increment for her unconstitutional slush fund to match that of the man she stole from a fellow woman? Why does she not start preaching to her sugar daddy who does not show any humility whatsoever but takes pleasure in publicly belittling others?
Ba Kolwe, mulelanda kwati muli necipato pamukoshi kuli hatred! Would you please try to cough to clear your throat?
@observer
PLEASE
CONTRAST AND COMPARE RB TAXI (MOBILE) HOSPITALS WITH THE NEW CHOMA HOSPITAL AND CLOSE TO 100 CLINICS WHICH THIS GOVERNMENT IS ABOUT TO START CONSTRUCTING!
GIVING BIRTH IN A TAXI HOSPITAL IS LIKE GIVING BIRTH ON A BUS OR AEROPLANE.
Madam Christine Kaseba must learn to be respectful, as most of the Doctors to whom she is breathing her fake authority are very Senior Medical Doctors relative to her professional standing. Kaseba is NOT a Minister of Health, but a mere house wife.
When sata is no more(God forbid), Dr Kaseba will be totally nothing. All this is because of the unfair advantage that she has. There sharp , hardworking females in zambia currently going unrecognized- unsung heroes.
@Facto,very true ,this is what i know also she’s in the limelight just because of Satana for sure once he’s gone through the ballot or otherwise she’ll cry loudest .Paid PF bloggers are trying to image build with these two operations,junior doctors in rural hospitals do these type of operations every day without former past newspaper camera men.I really hate what she’s doing because this chi woman is funded by tax payers money well above the salary of hard working doctors which is very unfair !Christina Sata please stop boasting ,ok!
PK would have done a very nice song about you!
Christine Kaseba, I am sure you realise the operating room you used in Choma is sub standard not even fit to be an abattoir, how do you maintain an ideal surgical environment in an operating room when you have direct windows leading to the outside, what happened to ideal temperatures, pressures, keep out micro organisms.
If you want to make a mark campaign for a proper hospital in choma and places such as Lewanika.
@Medical Expert,Christina has no standards,she behaves just like those PF kaponyas in theatre .It would be interesting to know the outcome of those operations ,i suppose the wounds will be highly infected by those contaminated hands from the dialysis machine!
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