By Tovin Ngombe
The Provincial Health Director for Southern province has failed to contain confusions that has rocked Maamba Hospital for two months says Sinazongwe Movement for Mult-party Democracy Constituency (MMD)Chairperson.
Simon Chali said Maamba Hospital Administrator Cosmas Michelo, the alleged creator of the confusion was sent on 21 days forced leave for his frustrating health workers and threatening the life of Sinazongwe health Director, Dr Kebby Musokotwane.
Chali said Michelo who also beat up a guard on duty before he went on forced leave grabbed, Philip Botha the acting Hospital Administrator in the shirts to force him out of the office when bounced back at the hospital on Friday.
The Constituency Chairperson narrated that when Mr Michelo reported for work on Monday he has been standing outside the Maamba Hospital Administration offices for three days and yesterday he entered into his former office force Mr. Botha out of it
He said the Provincial Health Director Dr Alisheke who spent the whole day at Maamba hospital from 09:00 hours to 19:00 hours last Month failed to find a lasting solution.
“ The province should sort out this mess before the community react to it, Michelo beat the security guard, now he want to beat the Acting Hospital Administrator, we can’t have an individual brewing anarchy at the hospital ,†Chali said.
He said such conduct should not be tolerated and if the provincial health team thinks he was the best manager they should transfer him else where as community do not need his services anymore.
Chali noted that such people where undermining government efforts of improving health delivery to the people.
“We can not have one man fighting everybody at the hospital,†Chali noted.
However, at the time Dr Alisheke held a meeting with Mr. Michelo and Dr Kebby Musokotwane for the whole day he refused to talk to ZANIS about the decision he had made in the meeting and referred all queries to Ministry of health Spokesperson.
“I can not tell you the outcome of our meeting, if you want information talk to our Spokesperson, I can not disclose anything to you,†Dr Alisheke said while holding his hand in the pocket and looked irritated by the presence of the reporter.
Chali noted that after 21 days the health provincial office should have notified Dr Musokotwane on what to do when Michelo reported back but they decided to keep quiet when the issue was sensitive to many health workers.
