As Zambia experiences a surge of covid-19 cases, frontline health workers are literally risking their lives for their patients.
Doctors, nurses, and support staff have courageously taken on enormous risk during the pandemic.
Within a week 2 interns working at Levy Mwanawasa Teaching Hospital have lost their lives. Dr.Edwin Mulwanda died on the 23rd June. He completed his Secondary education at Mpelembe Secondary School in 2011 and then graduated from the University of Zambia, School of Medicine in 2019 where he obtained his MBChB.Until his death, he was working as an intern at Levy Mwanawasa University Teaching Hospital.
Dr. Lexina Chilufya died this morning ,25th June 2021. She graduated from University of Zambia, School of Medicine in 2018 where she obtained her MBChB. Until her death, she was working as an intern at Levy Mwanawasa University Teaching Hospital.
According to the Ministry of health there were 3594 covid-19 confirmed cases yesterday with a test positivity rate of 28%. 1243 patients are currently hospitalised and 21 624 being managed in the community.
During these times it is important that everybody plays their part in preventing the spread of covid -19. Avoid gatherings, social distance ,wear masks -covering both the nose and mouth and wash hands. Not only would you be protecting yourself but protecting others and preventing the needless death of our health workers and vulnerable in the community.
Very sad situation. We will beat this virus in your honour. Sad to lose young people. Thank you for your patriotic service and RIp. Very generous people who risked their lives to save others.
I have sent a recommendation to eagle 1 for these two to be awarded posthumously.
They did more than upnd diasporans who ran away abroad and yet spend all day criticising our government
Government should declare a lockdown and halt all movements.
I wish to beg government to resolve issues with the Resident Doctors
Plse forgive Dr Sampa your Excellency he only a young man and a lot of family depends on him.The country also needs every doctor.
When there is no leadership in any war. The Frontline always takes the hit first.
Where is the President to announce stringent protective measures before we lose more of these poor frontline workers taking care of us???
This is very concerning. Our doctors need to be protected. So does it mean the Astrazeneca vaccine that doctors were given is not working? Our doctors wealth fare needs to be addressed.I hear there are being told to isolate only for a few days is they feel sick. Government needs to say something. RIP Dr.Chilufya and Dr.Mulwanda
It seems we are on our own in this battle. Kateka nowhere to be seen while we lose our frontline workers. Condolences to the family of the doctors & all those other lives we have lost to this treacherous disease
KAIZER S*H*U*T THE FCUK UP YOU USELEZZ INDIVIDUAL
DOCTORS HAVE DIED THROUGH THE LACK OF LEADERSHIP AND THE REALISATION WE HAVE A PROBLEM FOR A YEAR NOW
SO STOP SHEDDING CROCODILE TEARS
YOUR EAGLE1 HAS ALREADY FLOWN
YOU CAN SHED TEARS FOR YOUR KK
MY CONDOLENCES GO TO THESE DRS
MTSRIP
Quest ba kateka is not your wlfe for you to want to see every day. Aren’t you a married man? Are you a gay? We don’t do that dirty here. Uko kwine ku south Africa not kuno
It’s very sad that even Law Enforcement Agencies haven’t taken the 3rd Wave seriously. We are vulnerable. Out of a population of 18M less than 200,000 have been vaccinated, this is as good as not having anyone vaccinated. The indications are that the next consignment of vaccines is expected tentatively in August 2021. Even if we lockdown the infection rates will still remain high in the interim because we’ve dropped guard. MoH needs to cast the net wide. People are now treating themselves in their homes because MoH isn’t an top of things. Don’t stop people from taking other remedies because they’re desperate. This isn’t a fight for govt alone. If we don’t handle this outbreak properly we’re headed for disaster
So sad for the young doctors who have died while saving other peoples lives. May Jehovah God strengthen their families.
These are extremely sad deaths. They’re both so young. Did they have adequate personal protective equipment?
The tone in this article is that of a person bent on creating fear and resentment in the front line staff. Either Lusaka Times or the unstated Author wants the corvid19 fight in Zambia to be in disarray. Desperate votes will haunt you.
Tikki miIIions have died in Eur0pe and in UK. D0ctors and medical staff have died there in uk too. Are you also blaming the LACK OF LEADERSHIP AND THE REALISATION WE HAVE A PROBLEM FOR A YEAR NOW in uk ?
We dropped guard against spreading convid-19 in that we allowed a political party to load cadres in buses/trucks, convey them to load show campaigns. The strategy was to intimidate the ruling party with huge gatherings. In the absence of the capacity to control the gathering convid-19 was allowed to spread. We badly need UNPD to co-operate in the fight against convid-19. This irresponsible behaviour should be stopped.
Is the state of PPE for doctors and nurses adequate?? Please ensure that PPE is provided to these valuable people needed during this Covid pandemic. It is not enough to express sadness. These two young doctors should not have died!!!
Frontline workers should be given vaccines as first priority and given the two doses.They should
Be given full protection kit.lastly they must
Be given bonuses for working in the front line.
KZ thank you for finally confirming that you are indeed based in UK and therefore a certified troll. I travelled through Kanakantapa this morning, the clinic had FOUR Covid-19 deaths today. Ran out of tests, ran out of PPE’s, and NOBODY in MoH even answered the phone! That’s your totally incompetent and ineffective PF government for you!
So sad. Condolences to the families of these young heroes. As has been mentioned these people are risking their lives each day for all of us and they deserve all our support. The situation may seem hopeless now but as is now known, it will get better after a certain level of immunity is attained – with or without vaccines.
No corruption, it seems you are closed minded type of fella. If you think one has to be based in UK or Europe to know what is pertaining globally then you are the reason your party fails to win elections. If you only read or listen to news from southern province you will restrict your thinking to chibwantu. Read widely so that you learn how the world operates. I am very disappointed in your poor reading culture.
The Commander in chief is under cover, nowhere to be seen. Condolences to the bereaved families. He cant comment on such issues unless the beating of his cadres.
Interns are the most junior of doctors – recently graduated. Question is: should they be in the front line?? This is dereliction of duties by the most senior & MOH – especially MOH for being in the lead to intimidate junior doctors by firing them, instead of simply paying them their dues, yet letting thieves get away with day light robbery!! Bereaved families should consider making certain people accountable – such as the PS!! It is only when accountability is brought to bear, that people will stop pissing around!!
I am not saying these two children doctors who died refused or where denied to be vaccinated. Most likely they were not offered.
But yes, all Zambians should accept vaccine, any vaccine would be better than nothing.
Covid is world wide. It has nothing to do with being in the diaspora. We got away because we didn’t want to live through thieving of the country’s meager resources like we saw a lot of you do. We figured there’s a more honorable way to make a buck without losing one’s sense of decency.
Medical doctors died in big numbers in Italy, the US and the UK during THE FIRST WAVE Covid-19. Some of these were among the most experienced doctors. It is sad our own are now dying. Let us avoid being emotional about it as if when you were to be put in charge or running the country there would be zero Covid-19 deaths. It is very easy to sit behind a monitor and run off your mouth carelessly.
Kaiser Zulu please have little shame in you. Out 18 million Zambians only 200000 were vaccinated when we know the Donors gave alot of money but because the PF govt couldn’t buy the vaccines as no commission would be given to them it instead focused on buying expired condoms, drugs, thru corruption of honeybee and other PF cardes to supply COVID
They never even had a chance to be in full employment. No benefits whatsoever after sacrificing their precious lives.
Let the president find a way of compensating these precious lives.
Cry My Beloved Zambia! Heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families of the two hero doctors who passed on on the frontline of fighting this deadly pandemic. It’s very sad and mind-numbing to lose people who are there to save other people’s lives, only for them to succumb to the same fate.
May Their Souls Rest In Eternal Peace!!
As for the country at large, the time has come to swallow the bitter pill in order to stem this on-going Covid19 pandemic devastation. With immediate effect, the President must impose a very strict lockdown encompassing all activities. Election campaigns – whether multitudes of gatherings or the so called ‘road shows’ are sure super spreaders of the virus, and such, must be banned immediately. Social activities such as parties, weddings, bar openings,…
Young underpaid Zambian professionals losing life in the line of duty while useless PF cadres are busy dishing out free cash.
Zambia has the worst COVID vaccination rate in the southern African Region.
There is absolutely no clear action plan by the PF government to deal with COVID
Everything seems to have been left in Gods hand.
That is what the PF call as Leadership.
My condolences to the bereaved families
They were vaccinated.
Being vaccinated does not mean that you will not get the virus. What is disappointing is that the government should have learnt from how developed countries were defeated by the virus. Smart people learn from other people’s mistakes. I am in the diaspora, yes! Vaccinated, yes and I still need to have a negative PCR test to attend any public event.
This is just horrible and extremely sad to lose such young vibrant lives full of life with huge responsibilities ahead. There are not good enough words to comfort their beloved families. I hope we all take the responsibility to protect ourselves and those around us by masking so we can be able to save the lives of the health workers. Condolences to the families and may these young doctors rest in eternal peace.
Dependence upon begging or being given COVID-19 Vaccine by developed countries is the waste. We do not have emergence money to buy Vaccine to vaccinate all who are above 12 years old because of our foolishness. We have tons of copper and many other natural resources which Zambia exports. At least money from taxes, imports of goods etc would have been put aside for emergence purpose. Now we have to wait to be given free COVID-19 Vaccine. We don’t even know how much Vaccine we would be given by rich countries even though Zambia is rich in natural resources. Wrong priorities has put us in such situation. We also have seen PF is dishing out money to potential voters. Failing to buy vaccine is one of the fact that Zambia is absolutely broke. I am pretty sure that the people who have been…