The University Teaching Hospital (UTH) has recorded 318 casualty cases in the past one week.
UTH Public Relations Manager Pauline Mbangweta confirmed this to ZANIS in Lusaka yesterday.
Ms Mbangweta said UTH recorded 91 road traffick accidents and two cases resulting from gun shots.
She explained that 23 cases were recorded due to burns and an additional 174 cases were recorded due to other forms of injuries.
Ms Mbangweta said a further 28 cases due to accidental falls were recorded during the course of the week which brought the total number of casualty cases recorded at the UTH to 318.
The Public Relations Manager has also disclosed that the institution recorded 22 defilement and 19 measles cases during the same week.
She added that cases of measles have continued to drop as compared to last week when the institution recorded 27 cases.
[ ZANIS ]
I visited Zed some months ago and good lord! How scary it is to drive out there. It’s like a country without any traffic rules at all. Yaba!
lets ban sale oc chibuku shaki shaki from markets and street corners and the manufacturing of tugiligili in PF controlled councils and that way we shall have control on lawless pf kaponya pirate taxi and minibus drivers
I’m glad they are recording and monitoring these incidents. If one doesn’t measure or record performance one cannot manage or plan for it effectively.
Is there no AIDS in UTH and casualties thereof? What of other common infections like Malaria, TB and STIs? Its like these data are for accidents, gun shots and burns only.
#1 MODERATOR
You may have had one too many, next time try to stay sober. Or were you suffering from withdrawal symptoms? On what road were you driving, the road to Hell?
#5 chad I agree with you #1 moderator should know that in zambia we have roads just like in australia were she is. these are the pipo who bwhave like bazungu who think in africa we have no roads airports fridges stoves they think we dwell in trees.
Ba LT, you had a story on mobile hospitals yesterday where Kazonga made some silly comments. What happened to it?
I agree with #1 it’s not about the roads but the careless driving in zambia. My father has been driving for over 30 years and his bad zambian driving habits are visible abroad when he is driving. The gvt needs t focus on teaching people fundamentals on driving and care. How do you expect to get decent drivers when the majority bought their licenses
#1 is actually corrrect. The roads maybe ok (but definately not in the residential areas (like chilenje & kabwata site n service) but in Zambia road signs are virtually non existent! The Robots also are tricky! Even when they are working you cant see the lights clearly. At Hotel Edingburgh in Kitwe, there are countless accidents at those trafic lights. Another place is at civic centre in lusaka, kuti wafwa am telling you.
I also agree with #1, Zambian driving habits are almost like Cairo’s in Egypt – TERRIBLE!
I totally agree with #1, as I visited Zambia in 2008 and experienced the chaos on the roads.
On some roads in Kitwe (junction of Obote Avenue/Independence Ave or Obote Avenue/Zambia Way, etc) the cars continue moving on even when the traffic lights (ama robots) are on RED.
Its trully like #5 has put it that, its like driving on “roads to Hell”.
In the mean time, the Road Traffic policemen have concentrated on road blocks, and why not if this is where they make enough money for a life of luxury.
Zambia the real Africa.
#1,6, 8, 9, 10, 11 which choas are you talking about.We know that some of you are out of the country and I am also out of zambia, but for sure Zambian driving is not as bad as it is in most African countries. I have been to 9 african countries. I can assure you zambian driving is not as bad as you think.Dont compare zambia to UK,Austrialia or US because those countries have good roads.At one time the US or UK were as bad as Zambia probably even worse.but improved with time!!
Talking about drinking while driving, this is a problem every where! we have heard of many cases of public fiqures arrested for driving while drunk in US and UK!! The reason why you have cameras on traffic lights in Uk, US, Austrialia etc is becuase some drivers were moving even when lights were RED.
sorry not # 6
#12 I’m talking about the chaos on the Zambian roads, they guys don’t even give way to a fire truck with it’s sirens blaring like hell. The fact that Zambian driving is not as bad as most africans countries’ doesn’t make it ok to drive the way they do. It’s not too long before they catch up with the driving yapa Cairo, it’s the worst I’ve experienced.
#11 well spoken,Zambia is the real Africa,backward in mind and everything else.Politicians are just there to enrich themselves.Roads may exist but the mentality of those mini bus drivers are something else.The traffic police are just there to make money for themselves instead of implementing the traffic rules and regulations. etc etc
dont bury your heads in the sand. zambian roads are pathetic, not enough for the large number of cars and where they exist not passable because of potholes. yes not adequate road signs and traffict cops do not enforce rules unless it means taking bribes from minbuses.the driving habits stink. cutting in and out at will. the more you break the rules the more you are seen to be sharp. be at lumumba road/mumbwa road junction at peak hour. no one obeys those traffic lights. when you’ve been driving abroad for a year they think you are sleepy. bad has become good. but look at the result. countless senseless accidents costing you or loved ones’ lives. there is nothing to be patriotic about this. it deserves outright condemnation from all right thinking zambians.so what if it is similar in…
#12- dont misunderstand us. we are not comparing with other countries we are talking about the bad situation pa zed. In case you havent noticed the roads i have mentioned are in zambia not australia south africa and fimo fimo. We are not talking bad about zambia its just the way it is.
Port of Nacala in Mozambique now linked to Zambia by rail
Maputo, Mozambique, 30 Aug – The Northern Development Corridor in Mozambique has since Friday been linked to Zambia with the inauguration of a section of railway between Mitsinje, in Malawi, and Chibatam, in Zambia, Mozambican newspaper NotÃcias reported.
The paper said negotiations were underway for transport of goods such as cotton and tobacco from Chipata to Nacala and fertilisers and fuel in the opposite direction.
The link to the sea via this railway represents around 600 kilometres less than the shortest alternative route. However, investments will have to be made in equipment, as there is strong commitment from the Malawian authorities to improve the railway.
At the inauguration ceremony for the line a protocol of understanding was signed by the Transport Ministers of Mozambique, Malawi and Zambia, as part of the Nacala Corridor initiative, which involves the three countries, in what was considered to be the most important act in this regional initiative.
there is nothing to be patriotic about this. it deserves outright condemnation from all right thinking zambians.so what if the situation is similar to or worse than in cairo or other african countries you have been to? i have been to a few african countries which are making an effort torwards sanity despite their circumstances. swaziland is one of them. namibia too and south africa. you cant drive past a red light or stop sign and get away with it. or are you saying too small, less populated or too rich? i think instead of making excuses there is just need for commitment from all of us. or else we will be heading the way of DRC. sheer lawlessness.
A commercial agreement was also signed between Zambia Railways and Central East Africa Railways (CEAR), under the terms of which the operation of the section of railway in Zambia will be carried out using equipment from Malawi and staff from the railway company.
Fernando Amado Couto, the chief executive of CDN and coordinator of the corridor, said an agreement had already been made with a company that would promote the new possibility of transporting cargo and added that passenger transport was not planned thus far. (macauhub)
ama aids yeka yeka fye! mwata by the way i hate u with a passion. sitaanyoko iwe. cant u just be concise, how old are you? shiti iwe