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Deputy Army Commander threatens to have contractor arrested

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ZAMBIA Army deputy commander Topply Lubaya (centre), Rotary Club of Maluba Yashvant Patel (left) and Rotary Club of Malub secretary Shawn Cunningham (left) look on as Arakan Garrison Hospital nursing officer Maxwell Kayula shows them the Resuscitaire machine in the labour ward in Lusaka
ZAMBIA Army deputy commander Topply Lubaya (centre), Rotary Club of Maluba Yashvant Patel (left) and Rotary Club of Malub secretary Shawn Cunningham (left) look on as Arakan Garrison Hospital nursing officer Maxwell Kayula shows them the Resuscitaire machine in the labour ward in Lusaka

Zambia Army Deputy Commander Topply Lubaya has threatened to have the managers of a named contraction company, who were engaged to construct and install equipment in the maternity ward at the Garrison camp hospital in Arakan Barracks, arrested.

Major General Lubaya said it was unacceptable that a resuscitator machine has never functioned since it was installed at the maternity ward.

A resuscitator is a cardio-pulmonary machine that helps restore a life of a critically ill patient.

This came to light today when General Lubaya inspected the maternity ward and the pharmacy wing at the Garrison camp hospital to familiarize himself with the operations of the hospital.

This was after a donation of five wheel chairs presented to the Garrison camp hospital by Maluba Rotary Club.

“It is unacceptable that this machine has never worked when huge sums of money were spent. Let us get to the root cause of that or else I will cause them to be arrested for failing to install it,” he said.

He said he was not aware that the camp hospital was facing such a challenge.

He was however happy that other pieces of machinery such as the oxygen cylinders were working at full capacity.

General Lubaya said the Garrison camp hospital has a catchment of 20,000 people in the surrounding Chilenje, Kabwata, Libala South and Woodlands suburb residential areas around it hence the need for the resuscitator to be functional to save lives.

He said expectant mothers and those who have given birth should not always be referred to the University Teaching Hospital.

Zambia Army Chief of Medical Services Brigadier General Abraham Malaya said the Garrison camp hospital also needs a standby generator to cushion the impact when there is an interruption of electricity supply at the institution.

General Malaya however said the institution was fully stocked with various medicines including anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs).

ZAMBIA Army deputy commander Topply Lubaya (pushing wheelchair) flanked by Rotary Club of Maluba president Yashvant Patel as he tests one of the five wheelchairs the Rotary Club of Maluba donated to the Zambia Army in Lusaka
ZAMBIA Army deputy commander Topply Lubaya (pushing wheelchair) flanked by Rotary Club of Maluba president Yashvant Patel as he tests one of the five wheelchairs the Rotary Club of Maluba donated to the Zambia Army in Lusaka
ZAMBIA Army deputy commander Topply Lubaya (right), Rotary Club of Maluba president Yashvant Patel (second from right), his secretary Shawn Cunnigham (third from right) and immediate past Rotary Club of Maluba president Emmanuel Amadi share a light moment in Lusaka yesterday. This was at the Arakan Barracks where the Rotary Club of Maluba donated five wheelchairs to the Zambia Army
ZAMBIA Army deputy commander Topply Lubaya (right), Rotary Club of Maluba president Yashvant Patel (second from right), his secretary Shawn Cunnigham (third from right) and immediate past Rotary Club of Maluba president Emmanuel Amadi share a light moment in Lusaka yesterday. This was at the Arakan Barracks where the Rotary Club of Maluba donated five wheelchairs to the Zambia Army

Meanwhile, Zambia Army Deputy Commander Topply Lubaya has expressed gratitude that charity institutions were reversing the myth that defense forces do not need assistance because they were always self sustaining.

Major General Lubaya said the Zambia army, just like any other defense wing, is vulnerable and needs assistance from well wishers.

He said doors of the Zambia army were always open for any institution wishing to render assistance.

He said this when he received a donation of five wheelchairs that were presented to the Garrison camp hospital in the Arakan Barracks from Maluba Rotary Club.

Maj. Gen. Lubaya also inspected the wards and the pharmacy at the institution to familiarize himself with the operations of the hospital

He commended Maluba Rotary Club for the gesture and said the donation would greatly help in improving the health services at the Garrison camp hospital.

He has since challenged other institutions to emulate the Maluba Rotary Club by demonstrating their social corporate responsibilities.

And Maluba Rotary Club president Yashvant Patel disclosed that over 140 wheelchairs would be distributed to vulnerable institutions such as the Garrison Camp hospital

Mr. Patel further said U$S1 billion and an undisclosed additional amount of money have been sourced from the Melinda Gates Foundation to end polio by 2018.

He said polio was claiming many lives not only in Zambia but world over.

Mr. Patel said the Rotary Club’s prudent use of financial resources had attracted more sponsorship for the development of community projects.

He said the Zambia Air Force and the Zambia National Service would also benefit from the wheelchairs in an effort to improve quality health care services at health institutions in defense forces.

22 COMMENTS

  1. I wouldn’t worry about this commandant president sata will
    Sort this out once and for all

    Thanks

  2. I think a certain lady here works for LT or has less things to do or she is a well paid pf cadre to yap yap here .she is always the first or second one to comment even if news comes at midnight and she can’t be identified on other sites .if its true that she has a white boyfriend then she must be starving him of xes.hope you know this man who claims to be a lady.

  3. Point of correction ba officer, Oxygen cylinders are not a piece of machinery nothing goes wrong with them there was even no need to comment about them

    • Kekekeke!!!! wanted to say the same…….ba General sure, ati oxygen cylinders are working well….lol!!! one day they will run out of gas, the general will threaten the company again ati even the oxygen cylinders are now down…kekeke!!!

    • Kekekekekekeke… I know nothing about the Oxygine stuff, but sounds like the Gen was testing. Sure can be tested like fire-exhistigulishers.
      But you guys are imagining tha the General can even test if all matches-sticks work in a box. “naka kalaka, ok, naka nako kalaka”.

    • Dont be ignorant!!!!. These are pieces of equipment which can stop working or develop a fault, especially if the valves are not working or there is no oxygen in the cylinders in the first place?

  4. This a s..t article What resuscitor you reffering to Is it a ventilator or infant resus unit Please osalemba chabe Verify your info before you put it down
    Oxygen cylinders are working!!!!!!!!!!

  5. Long winded with jumbled up confusing emotions of arrogance and blemish of rich and poverty gap of third world and white Bill Gates foundation to Black African polio eradication from the world of believers while believers are enjoying good life because they are not hypocrites of pseudo Christian nation. Makes sense of senseless stories?

  6. LT as you can see, you need to rewrite this article. I hasn’t received your desired result. Please also advise your General to stick to guns, grenades, bayonets and all crap that goes with violence and not comment of oxygen cylinders he does not understand.

  7. Family forest contractors to blame,they are untouchables be careful bwana General you end up getting the sack!Where is the chi gelo kanshi?I mean Christina !

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