The Government of Western Australia has donated medical equipment worth millions of United States dollars (US$) to the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) paediatrics wing in Lusaka.
The donation follows the decommissioning of a children’s hospital at Princess Margaret Paediatrics Hospital in Perth in Australia.
Premier of Western Australia Colin Barnet disclosed that the equipment donated to the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) was in good condition.
Mr. Barnet stated that the donation was a symbol of the cordial bilateral relations that exist between Zambia and Australia.
This is according to a press statement issued to ZANIS by First Secretary for Political and Administration at the Zambian High Commission in Australia Alick Banda today.
Mr. Barnet observed that medical doctors in Zambia lack good medical equipment to enable them discharge their work professionally.
He has since expressed confidence that the medical personnel at UTH will put the equipment to good use and help save many children.
The Premier further disclosed that the equipment will be dispatched from Australia to Zambia in early December this year.
Mr. Barnet recalled that in 2014, he promised to assist the Zambian government in acquiring medical equipment from Australia.
In receiving the donation, Zambia’s High Commissioner to Australia, George Zulu thanked Western Australia for donating assorted medical equipment to Zambia.
Mr. Zulu said the decision by the Australian government to donate the equipment to Zambia demonstrates the excellent bilateral relations that exist between the two countries.
He noted that the equipment will greatly help the needy children at the health institution.
Mr. Zulu explained that trained medical personnel opt to work in other countries because of luck of medical equipment in Zambian health institutions.
Meanwhile, Mr. Zulu has requested the Government of Western Australia to invite medical personnel from UTH so that they are trained on how to use the equipment.
The High Commissioner also stated that Zambia would like to learn on how Australia managed to conquer HIV/AIDS.
The equipment donated was used in providing quality health care services to children in Australia.
Meanwhile Lazy Lungu will add a ministry of religion to GRZ payroll…instead of utilizing funds properly.
I didn’t know had high commission in Australia. This is news
Sad development for us all we do is politics. My country Zambia why all my friends on facebook and whatsapp all they talk is politics. Dununa reverse, HH, Green etc and we forget to talk about economic issues. surely Zambia. So now all we do is get salaula in form of medical equipment yet we have spent millions of kwacha on dununa reverse talk “cheap talk”. Ukulomba lyonse. The bible says blessed is the hand that gives. We can give to Australia too. They experience bush fires maybe we can send our personnel from fire dept to help Aussies too.
Has Zambia ever donated anything anywhere? I’ve never heard any such donation. Its not normal.
We only receive all the time. We should question our ways. It starts with a change in our attitude. Most of the Zambians have a wrong attitude towards life and their own country. On TV you always hear them say, we want the government to help us or to fix this or that, even things they can fix as a community (too many examples to list here). Our streets are full of able bodied young people who are doing nothing productive. I’m temped to give some simple examples of things we can change right away: littering our own cities mercilessly, obeying traffic rules, selling stuff at designated places (markets), taking school seriously, aim high and be patriotic.
Thanks Australia! God bless you all!
@Jay Jay, please forgot it, the Tonga Party lost!
The kind of welding happening in garden compound can contribute to having high class beds in zambia. There is need to empower those welders with contracts from the hospital and schools. We can make in zambia and use our own resources. My president look into that one. One ecl