HUNDREDS of Luanshya residents yesterday flocked to Ndelela Basic School in Mikomfwa Township to receive medical attention from the mobile hospital that was situated there.
One of the residents on his way to the school said he was excited to see specialists for his health problems.
Jonas Kabwe, 67, of Mikomfwa Township said it was difficult for him to go to hospitals that had specialists because they were all out of Luanshya and so he was taking the opportunity availed by the mobile hospital.
The mobile hospital services started yesterday at the school and would go on until Tuesday next week.
By 13:00 hours yesterday, 300 people had already visited the mobile hospital.
Mobile health services coordinator Alex Makupe said the target for the day was 400 while between 2,000 to 2,500 people were expected to be attended to by Tuesday.
Dr Makupe said the mobile hospital was offering all services offered in a hospital like surgical services, operations, eye, dental and ear services.
Kidney and liver investigations, blood tests on HIV and Syphilis, x-rays and abdominal scans were also been undertaken at the hospital.
Dr Makupe said the mobile hospital had various specialists.
“The staff here is drawn from across the Copperbelt Province like Roan, Ronald Ross, Luanshya, and Ibenga hospitals with the bulk coming from Ndola Central Hospital,” he said.
Dr Makupe said people preferred the mobile hospitals because they were closer to them and quicker because once a problem was diagnosed, an operation could take place immediately.
One of the beneficiaries Batista Katunasa said she was happy that the mobile hospital was efficient.
The mobile hospitals are still there? I thought the PF during campaigns said they were going sell them and build real hospitals? Its amazing that the very idyots who voted PF on this basis are the one exitedly receiving medical care from the facility they so demonised. Zambia is just full of dunderheads
The PF govt U-turned on the issue of Mobile Hospitals as they did on a myriad of other issues they propounded before the elections!! Shows how principled they are! Small wonder one politician called Cycle Matter CNP…….!
You tell your friends wife that is hopeless, after divorce you marry her?
K 85.00 breakfast
K 65.00 roller meal, on the copperbelt.
Was the area MP around to witness this? talk is cheap,after you demonize the whole shebang now there is so much brouhaha about them! Hypocrites!
Is Luanshya rural?
I assumed the mobile medical facilities were for rural patients.
RB was insulted day and night when pf was in opposition over the mobile hospital. I’m surprised pf is now using the same which the admonished hospitals.
these dogs, i wish they were not attended to.the *****ts were sold poopoo before elections that everything about the mobile hospitals was evil and they easily bought it whikst shouting obscenities at rupiah with voices at their highest pitches.what has changed today worse still the bustards can not even go back to pf illiteratescand ask them why they spoke ill about the mobile hospitals before
..may we for now print in bold letters on our nation flag just above the Eagle the words…’DECEIT IS OUR MOTTO’….as the flags fly all over the govt buildings… should serve as a reminder to us of the characteristic and principles of the current govt
When people in urban areas rush to mobile hospitals for treatment, then something is wrong, means hospitals have no capacity to treat………ba pf what is happening kanshii???
Interesting…
RB procured the mobile hospitals on nkongole n they re Govt property. Why should the present govt pay the loan n throw away the property. Umutonga temunobe.
Ba fikala ba le tukana fye insele now they are boasting about mobile hospital which they never boaught.