Saturday, April 20, 2024

Health

Nurses call of strike and troop back to work

Some nurses and other medical workers at the University Teaching Hospital -UTH and other health facilities have started reporting back for work. Health Minister...

High levels of blindness worries Health Minister

Health Minster Joseph Kasonde has bemoaned the high levels of blindness in the country saying that an estimated 150, 000 people are blind. Dr....

Government working to resolve nurses work stoppage

VICE President Guy Scott has said Government is negotiating with the Zambia Union of Nurses and others to resolve the work stoppage by nurses...

UTH paralysed

The University Teaching Hospital, the nation’s highest referral hospital, was yesterday paralysed after midwives and nurses downed tools over a wage dispute with the...

Nurses and Midwives at UTH go on strike demanding for increased salaries

Nurses and Midwives at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka have downed their tools demanding for increased salaries. The strike at UTH follows similar actions...

Government procures 208 ambulances for distribution to various health centers countrywide

Government has procured 208 ambulances to be distributed to various health centers countrywide, Community Development, Mother and Child Health deputy Minister Jean Kapata has...

HIV/AIDS in prisons not political issue – Scott

Republican Vice President, Guy Scott, says the problem of HIV and AIDS in various prisons across the country is not a political issue. Dr Scott...

Fish poisoned in Chavuma district

A large number of fish has died after being poisoned by suspected fishermen in Chisengo and Mandalo areas of Chavuma District in Northwestern province. ...