Former Zambia National Netball Team Vice-Captain Orient Mweetwa has been hospitalized in Luwingu District Hospital.
Mweetwa has been hospitalised for multiple complications.
She told ZANIS in an interview at her hospital bed that the local medical team has advised her to seek specialised treatment at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka.
Mweetwa explained that among the complications the liver is producing unwanted water in the body adding that her condition needs quick attention from experts at the University Teaching Hospital.
Ms Mweetwa has since called on both well-wishers and government to come to her aid and facilitate her quick evacuation in order to receive specialised treatment.
And Luwingu District Health Director, Joseph Mwansa, has disclosed that Mweetwa is admitted at the district hospital with multiple complications which needs to be attended to by specialised doctors.
Dr Mwansa has however, disclosed that despite those complications, the patient is stable.
He said the team of consultants were dispatched from Kasama General Hospital to Luwingu to come and check on her condition and advised that the patient should not use road transport to travel to Lusaka but unless airlifted.
Mweetwa who retired as a netballer in 2023 was a key member of the Zambia National netball team and also served as vice-captain and participated in various events such the world and Africa cups.
Mweetwa is a sergeant working at the Zambia Correction Service (ZCS) in Luwingu District, Northern Province.
She has paid her due and eligible to be airlifted to Maina Soko Hospital without further delay. Get well soon Madam.
Why UTH? She is in security forces, therefore Maina Soko military hospital makes more sense.
That shouldn’t be an issue.
There are helicopters at state house used by ZWD editor, HAMAS-aka use to go for lunch with friends.
She is not known and she does not carry any political weight. And though she participated in sports that put the country on the map, who cares?!?
Zambians, you deserve the leaders you elect!
You are right. Government should bring this lady to Lusaka without delay.
I see thi Deja vu is a foreigner who has just arrived in our great country. Welcome and here is a little brief about our great country:
We don’t help common citizens here.
Common means those not like Kambwili or outside political parties that carry weight, which weight will be determined at community house.
In case you don’t know, Community house is the illegal government house our emperor president has given himself as an official workng place far from the spirits of his predecessor Lungu Edgar de Chagwa.
So this Mweetwa must qualify for Political aid. The ruling party must see a potential for political points before it can step in. This didn’t start with us but what we inherited from PF we have advanced. W inherited a falling Kwacha and we have ontinued
with the trend. We inherited vendetta politics and….