Medical Council of Zambia (MCZ) says all institutions offering training for health personnel should be registered with it or risk facing the wrath of the law. .
MCZ Registrar, Dr. Mary Zulu, says institutions training health practitioners in various health-related fields in the country should, by law, apply to the council for approval and recognition of their training programme.
Addressing journalists in Lusaka today, Dr. Zulu said such steps are necessary so that graduates from such institutions are recognized and are eligible to be issued with a practicing certificate.
Dr. Zulu warned that if an institution trains health professionals without the council’s approval, such graduates risk not being recognized and would not be eligible to legally practice in Zambia.
She explained that some of the basic requirements for recognition of a training institution are that, the institution must have suitably and adequately qualified experienced supervisory and teaching staff for the purpose of such training.
Dr. Zulu added that the institution must be registered with a competent registering authority among others.
She said in order to enforce high standards of training, the council also carries out routine inspections of health training institutions registered with it.
Dr. Zulu said the council takes measures pertaining to training of health practitioners seriously because they ultimately boarder on provision of quality health care to the public. She said it is the council’s mandate to protect and safeguard the public.
She stated that there are only eight health training institutions that are recognized and have their professionals approved by the MCZ which include Chainama College of Health Sciences, Evelyn Hone College and Ndola School of Biomedical Science, among others.
Dr. Zulu warned of any institutions that are operating without the council’s recognition and their approval of their curriculum that they are doing so at their own risk.
She advised the various institutions which are doing so to normalize their status with the council as they can apply for recognition and it will determine whether they meet the prescribed standards for providing such training.
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We all know that u are talking about this because of the Roma nursing school implicated in the K27bn scam. It an indication that u have not been doing ur job competently.
The name of the nursing school should have been suspect to begin with. ESU Limited? Come on! It was a money laundering center.
U sleepy Dr keep quiet and let ACC and DEC do their job. where have u been all this time? why should our ACC and DEC do your job? QUIET!!!!!!!!!!!!!
talk to inpress the public-talk is cheap
This is s the no.nse.nse we’ve all been talking about!! What have you been doing all this time? You have all been sitting on your fat backsides pretending to be doing your work when all these illegal institutions were going on right under your noses and you want us to believe you were not awarte of their existence? Give us a break!! Another example of nothing moves in Zambia unless at the direction of those in power!! Such a shame!
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
This is directed at ESU SCH. OF NURSING. We are going to see more such revelations after donors’ threat to withdraw financial assistance to MOH following widespread misappropriation of their money. Wina azalila.
its annoying how these institutions can operate for such a long period before their discovery who is in charge of liscencing and verifying legibility of them?
But where have you been all along amama a Zulu.Dont sleep on duty like your brother who sleeps when people are busy stealing.Kano fye bamushibusha from his deep slumber ati chuma chaenda bambo imwe muligone.ndimwe mubweza ziko kubumyo
elyo pa ESU pene paliba utu njabi.so twalaya kwi?
I have no idea what you guys are talking about?
Total rubbish! Where were you all this time? Now that the scam has been exposed, you want to pretend that you are working!
Ona anione…,,, One momemt delivering a speech for RTSA the other moment for MCZ, where do you stand,….Ba kulemisampaule ififine!
There is a difference between Medical council and Nursing council, nursing schools are registered under NCZ not MCZ.