A concerned parent, Stephen Masamvu has appealed to Government through the Ministry of Health to repair the refrigerators at Zambezi district hospital mortuary that stopped working three months ago.
Mr Masamvu, who is also a former MMD Zambezi East Constituency Chairman, complained that people in the district were forced to bury their relatives prematurely because they could not afford to transport bodies of their beloved ones to Kabompo District where the morgue was operational.
Barely two weeks ago, Alex Kang’ombe of Mayeng’u area in Mazaza village in senior Chief Nshima’s area in Chitokoloki Sub-Boma lost his private parts and died when a crocodile attacked him.[pullquote]He said barely a month passes without the reptiles claiming a life in the district.
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The 34- year -old man who was on a fishing spree on the river met his fate when the banana boat he was in capsized on the Zambezi river.
Both Zambezi District Commissioner (DC) Bisalom Luwaile and the father to the deceased Mr Kang’ombe Kang’ombe confirmed the death of Alex in separate interviews with ZANIS saying that Alex’s body was retrieved but unfortunately he died of profuse bleeding at Chitokoloki Missnio hospital.
Alex was buried last week in Zambezi district.
In another development a 17- year -old boy of Zambezi Boarding High School in the North-western Province drowned in the Zambezi River.
The body of the boy was retrieved over the weekend by a combined team of Zambia Police and Zambia Army Officers including local divers in the area.
Zambezi District Commissioner (DC) Bisalom Luwaile confirmed the death of the Grade 10 pupil pupil to ZANIS in Zambezi yesterday.
Mr Luwaile said the incident happened on Friday around 16-00 hours when the boy was washing his clothes in the Zambezi River and decided to swim after finishing his chores.
He said the body was transported to Loloma Mission Hospital in Kabompo District 170km away because the fridges at Zambezi district hospital mortuary broke down and have been malfunctional for sometime now.
The DC told ZANIS that burial is awaiting parents of the deceased boy to arrive from Lusaka.
Meanwhile, area DC Mr Luwaile has appealed to the Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) Headquarters in Lusaka to establish an Office in Zambezi district so that ZAWA Officers could be stationed in the district.
Mr Luwaile said establishing an Office is a long term measure which would help crop the reptiles and hippos in the infested river.
He said barely a month passes without the reptiles claiming a life in the district.
He further disclosed that Government had sunk 10 bore holes on the East Bank along the Zambezi River and another 10 bore holes would be sunk on the West Bank to mitigate to the problem of animal/human conflict in the area.
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Certainly ZAWA must act promptly before many lives are lost and the morgue should urgently be worked on ba DC .
THE QUESTION IS, DO PEOPLE HAVE TO APPEAL TO THE GOVERNMENT, REALLY? ARE ALL THE GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES BROKEN DOWN? I THOUGHT THAT HOSPITAL WAS UNDER MoH. ZAMBIA!!
This is ZAMBIA. The REAL Africa