Unknown people have broken into the data room of the Antiretroviral Therapy department at Old Lundazi Urban Hospital and got away with two laptops and a laptop bag all valued about K60,000.
The break-in happened on October 21, 2025 between 13:10 hours and 13:40 hours.
Nurse-In-Charge of the department, Tinizge Phiri aged 42 of Jimusangu village, in Chief Phikamalaza’s area in Lundazi district, reported the matter to police on behalf of the institution.
And Eastern Province Police Commissioner, Robertson Mweemba, has confirmed the incident to the Zambia News and Information Services (ZANIS) in Lundazi.
Mr Mweemba explained that unknown persons had broken into the facility and stole two black Lenovo laptops and a black laptop bag belonging to Old Lundazi Urban Hospital.
The theft is alleged to have happened when the Nurse-In-Charge and some officers left the office around 13:00 hours to go and have their lunch, leaving others still in the unit.
He said upon returning to the unit around 13:40 hours, one of the workers at the facility, Oscar Tonga, found the door to the data room open, which is usually kept closed when no one is at the unit.
Mr Mweemba said Tonga proceeded to check if there was someone in the data room but there was no one.
At this point, it was discovered that laptops belonging to the facility were missing and the matter reported to police.
He said police have since opened a docket of the case and investigations into the matter have been instituted.
Meanwhile, no arrest has been made yet.
