BY KALALUKA MUSHAUKWA President Edgar Lungu has upgraded Levy Mwanawasa General Hospital to a University Teaching Hospital Status. And President Lungu says the expansion of Levy Mwanawasa General Hospital will bring on board specialized medical services to ensure quality health care in the country. In a speech read for him…
BY NELLY BOTA Residents of Bauleni compound have called for the expansion of the local health centre. And the residents have also called for the deployment of more health personnel in order to decongest the clinic. Mr. John Kangwa says there is need for government to consider expanding Bauleni Clinic…
BY KALALUKA MUSHAUKWA A disease outbreak is looming at Kamwala trading centre due to lack of enough toilets. And the traders have appealed to the Local authority to ensure that more ablution blocks are constructed in order to avoid a possible disease outbreak. A check by a komboni radio news…
The Ministry of health has confirmed that a total of 69 cases of Typhoid have been recorded in Mpika District in Muchinga province since 3rd May, 2017. In an a telephone interview with komboni radio news, ministry spokesperson Dr. Kennedy Malama said the cases are coming from a compound called…
BY OSCAR NKHUWA A serious shortage of drugs has hit Chongwe clinic forcing health personnel to send back patients after issuing them with prescriptions. Ms Anna Tembo has disclosed to a Komboni radio news crew that visited the district today that for the past two weeks, the health centre has…
BY NAMUKALE KAPENDE Lusaka Province Medical Officer Dr. Matildah Kakungu says speculations that Lusaka has become a malaria free zone are not true. In an interview with komboni radio news, Dr Kakungu explained that Lusaka is not malaria free but that a reduction in the number of malaria cases has…
Mporokoso Member of Parliament, Brian Mundubile has donated 100 blankets at Mporokoso state prison and 150 blankets at the district hospital. Mr. Mundubile who is also Northern Province Minister made the donation yesterday when he separately visited the two institutions as a way of supplementing government efforts in the provision…
BY RUTH MUMBA Mwembeshi ward 22 Councilor Kelvin Kaunda has warned residents of Chunga Township who are illegally disposing their sewer wastes into the drainage system. Speaking in an interview with Komboni radio news, Councilor Kaunda warned that all households that have illegally connected pipes to the drainage for waste…
BY OSCAR NKHUWA The Lusaka City Council has called upon residents in Lusaka to take charge and apprehend anyone found dumping garbage in undesignated places. LCC Public Relations Manager Habeenzu Mulunda stressed that it is everyone’s responsibility to ensure that drainages and surroundings in any given community are kept clean.…
BY NELLY BOTA Residents of Lusaka’s Chingwere compound have called upon the Lusaka City Council to curb the indiscriminate disposal of garbage at the Chingwere dump site. Speaking in an interview with Komboni Radio news, the residents complained that some unscrupulous individuals have continued to dump their waste outside the…