Social Scientist Innocent Kolala says it is disappointing that the recruitment of medical staff as directed by President Edgar Lungu is delaying while positive cases of the coronavirus are rising in the Country from only 2 on 18th March, to more than 60 cases on 19th April 2020.
About three weeks ago, the Zambian Government through the Ministry of Health announced the planned recruitment of 400 medical doctors and 3000 other health workers to scale up the fight against Coronavirus Disease.
Mr. Kolala said the services of health workers are needed more, now than ever before to help fight this pandemic which has devastated millions of people across the globe.
He said there is need for vigorous screening and testing especially in border areas and the people to do this are health workers, so the delay to recruit is creating a disaster, bearing in mind that borders are crucial entry points for diseases such as COVID-19 and if not properly managed would affect the Country significantly.
Mr Kolala has appealed to bureaucrats in charge of these recruitments to speed up the process or risk being reactive because the COVID-19 has potential of escalating to uncontrollable levels as witnessed in some Countries.
He noted that President Edgar Lungu has shown leadership by directing the employment of more health workers especially during the coronavirus disease fight, and through the hardworking Minister of Health Dr. Chitalu Chilufya as well as other cabinet Ministers, it is expected that implementation is given the attention it requires.
He said those responsible for ensuring that the Presidential directive is actualized to quickly do so.
Mr Kolala said the addition of only 3400 health workers is, however, not enough for the Zambian health sector which has been facing human resource shortages for a long time thereby straining existing personnel with unprecedented work overloads and abnormal hours of working.
He said with the way coronavirus cases are rising in the Country, the Government should consider adjusting upwards the numbers of health workers to be employed as the recruitment exercise progresses.
He said the health sector is a critical one because it involves life, and a healthy citizenry is among major ways of enhancing productivity for a sustainable economy.
Interesting picture indeed. The President is preaching Social Distancing and wearing of masks but none this is observed in the picture. The President himself is in close contact with people who are potential vectors of the Coronavirus hence endangering his health. This is the time when Bowman Lusambo was supposed to crack his whip.
The two nurses are even holding hands, the habit that Dr. Chilufya is discouraging.
well i for one am not disappointed i already know how the current government works , its always planning to do something but never does our humble president said chibolya will go after A trip to Dubai yet nothing has been done,minister mwale said city market market will be rebuilt after three months when the fire gutted the place its been 4 years now, same mwale said bridge in lundazi will be made safe in 14 days after it was partially washed away that never happened and 9 people perished in A vehicle and he wasnt held accountable,those are just but A few observations list is endless
Full of lies and pipe dreams.
The order of the day is ……..
lies , borrow money , steal , brutalise any critics , steal some more , put on some stants like garbage collection, go back and start the cycle again…
LOOKS LIKE THE PRESIDENT DID NOT CHECK IF THERE WAS ENOUGH IN THE BAG TO PAY THE NEW HEALTH WORKERS.
No money people can’t you understand the situation, certainly decisions are made to impress without looking in the bag
More lies just like the famous PF lie of “more money in your pockets in 90 days” back in 2011 . Next lie please?
It’s easy to talk but actions matters.
As this virus spreading too fast,as a government try to be fast in reacting over fighting it,all else Zambia will be called by it’s name but empty without people.
This virus is too quick.
A normal person would realise that such recruitment don’t take overnight. It is a lie to say no medical staff have been recruited since the presidents announcement because they have. You can’t expect us to recruit the whole day 3000 staff in one day. We need to ensure these people fit the criteria and pass background checks. These are people who will be dealing with vulnerable members of society. Some of you are just dull
It is an open secrete that and Zambians know this .It takes a few weeks to recruit relatives of PF leaders to foreign Zambian missions some of whom are not even qualified for the jobs they are sent to do .A medical staff is taking months to join the field after spending seven years training . To add salt to an injury ,they will not even be on payroll till the mansions built near state house have finished using tax payers money .
These PF guys are worse than covid- 19 to put it mildly .
Mushota (KZ) walandakwe fyamano lelo. Keep it up
How zambians fell for that 90 days lies by the PD still baffles me to date. Are we this cheap in Zambia and lazy such that we allow people to come lie to us about heaven on earth. Hard and smart work will put money in your pockets not this PF nonsense.
KZ,WHERE WILL THERE SALARIES COME FROM WHEN THE SAME GOVT DOESN’T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY THE NEW NURSES? WHEN THE SAME PF GOVT HAS FAILED LAMENTABLY TO PAY THE NEWLY RECRUITED NURSES,TEACHERS WHO HAVE BEEN SENT IN THE VILLAGES THERE REPARTILIATION ALLOWANCES. THEY OWE LOCAL SUPPLIERS ALOT. FOREIGN DEBTS. THEY IS ALOT TO PAY FOR.PF, CAN EVEN MAKE U SUFFER AND CHAPS LIKE KZ,LUSAMBO,RED LIP,SILIYA,CHITALU ,KALALA-LUBINDA ETC ARE EATING WELL AND LOOKING LIKE BACHINTINKA KANSHI NO BRAINS.
TRUE THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH IS NOT RECRUITING. I have been to Ndeke house twice only to be turned away.
Highly experienced Medical Lab Scientist
Did we not say the lazy one was merely issuing statements without consulting his Finance Minister….this is no news …this is synonymous with Edgar Lungu’s lack of leadership maybe he should send his dull enforcer to whip them into recruiting even without money!!
wangling – Who are you asking? The impostor you are asking is in the UK playing around with himself whilst he is on furlong leave paid foor by UK govt.
The country is broke and has no money to pay additional medical health workers. They will just employ the additional 400 but obviously the list is being edited to put his favored tribesmen and women. That’s Lungu for you.
@ The first comment, that clearly an old picture, ECL is deeply practicing social isolatio to the maximum, no one sees him, even his video addresses are done in isolation, away from a live audience.
Anyways,
Yano tema skillay mu memenga
Tema skopo mu belenga
So munjenbe mbebe nga
Fulopa ninebo ndelenga
Picture picture
Na lenga history
Ninani enga lemba
Ninebo mbako chila mwaaka lyonse
Y’all are running ahead of yourselves. Look here, you were told that the highly paid GRZ workers would have the values of theirs paychecks decapitated by 20%. Has that kicked in yet? If not, how can you reasonably expect the much later pronouncement to precede the former? Go figure.