The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) in Sinazongwe district has called on government to seriously investigate the allegation of corruption against Maamba Hospital management.
Sinazongwe dsitrict FODEP Chairperson, David Wanda, said the recent protest that paralysed the operation of the hospital should be addressed.
Mr Wanda said this when he paid a courtesy call on Sinazongwe District Commissioner, Dodo Sindaza.
He said the protest that took place at the hospital is a wake-up call to government that not all is well at the only hospital in the district.
Mr Wanda pointed out that it is unfortunate that when President Michael Sata has declared zero tolerance to corruption, the health managers at the hospital are being accused of abuse of funds without being investigated.
“Investigative wings of government should come in to prove the allegations of abuse of public funds at Maamba hospital as there is no smoke without fire,” Mr Wanda said.
He noted that the hospital is also under-staffed, a situation that he said is contributing to the failure to offer better service to community.
The FODEP Chairperson observed that the hospital has been having no automatic switch for the generator for long time and K90 million is required to buy the damaged switch to save lives of people when there is power failure.
Mr Wanda also described the state of the general at the hospital as bad while the ceiling board of some buildings is falling off yet nothing is being done to address the situation when government has been sending funding to the hospital.
And the Sinazongwe District Commissioner said all the problems affecting Maamba hospital have been brought to the attention of the Provincial Medical Director who promised to address the situation.
Mr Dodo noted that government is interested to see that the welfare of the hospital operation is addressed.
Two weeks ago, Maamba hospital management offices were closed to save the institution from being damaged by the rioting community members over alleged abuse of government resource, unnecessary deaths at the hospital, and poor management.
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Wat corruption…submit the details to ACC,POLICE..such kind of whistle blowing is just bloody jealous typical of black skin wanting to settle personal issues in public.These so DONOR sponsored NGOs sucks,,making noise to be seen working so tat u qualify for next quarter funding is a dirty scheme Mr David Wanda..
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