Mazabuka District heath director Siyumbwa Kunda has said the recently-launched mobile hospitals in the province would enhance health care delivery and would benefit about 50,000 people in the district.
And Dr Siyumbwa has said the upgrading of Mazabuka District Hospital to a general hospital would start soon.
Dr Siyumbwa said in Mazabuka yesterday that the mobile hospitals would enhance health care delivery for the people in the district, especially in the outlying areas.
“The total population of Mazabuka is about 288,000 and it is estimated that about 50,000 people will benefit from the services of the mobile hospitals in the district.
“Because of the mobile hospitals, we shall also provide specialist treatment to people in the outlying areas of the district,” she said.
She said the mobile hospitals would enhance health care service delivery in the district and more so in areas where there were no health centres.
Dr Siyumbwa also said the upgrading of the district hospital into a general hospital would start soon.
She said the Government had already planned for the upgrading and that it was one of the projects that had been included in the Sixth National Development Plan.
Meanwhile, Chief Mwanachingwala of Mazabuka has said the mobile hospitals would be beneficial to the people in his chiefdom.
He said in an interview at his palace yesterday that the decision by the Government to procure the mobile hospitals would greatly benefit Zambians, especially those in rural areas.
“Clinics and health centres are distantly placed and therefore these mobile hospitals are very good. For us in rural areas we are happy because this is something that will benefit us,” he said.
Marvin Mwiinga, a peasant farmer in Chief Mwanachingwala’s area said the concept of mobile hospitals was good and welcome.
“We have to walk long distances just to get health care but now we hear these hospitals will be coming to our villages, which is a good thing for us.
“People have been dying before getting to a clinic and we believe that with these mobile hospitals it will be a thing of the past,” he said.
Juliet Mainga of Magoye said the Government had done well to consider the people in rural areas by procuring the mobile hospitals.
[ Times of Zambia ]
What will these sleepy villager say when these rickshaw hospitals break down? Do they have any idea about the carbon footprint these ‘first aid kits’ are causing? Election year=mobile hospitals and after elections= back to drinking local herbs. hahahaha!!!!!! You will never learn!!! Very daft people.
I hope all goes well with the hospitals…..
I hope all goes well with the mobile hospitals…..
#3 I am afraid nothing could possibly go well with that daft idea of mobile hospitals my friend. I hope all goes well with turning the Mazabuka Hospital into a General Hospital though.
It is foolhardy to belive that the mobil hospital will be in the area when you are feeling unwell! These are costly and improper solutions to provision of health services in this country.
The Mazabuka rural population maybe excited about these hospitals, but they should wait and see what will happen to these chinese vehicles with containers in 3 yeras. The TOZ your campaign propaganda is surely costing you as most of us have stopped buying your papers!
3 years?my dear thats way too much.It would be a miracle.Those things will only last months!!!And they will find a very good excuse,if not just complete silence.There will likely be no news about them and no one will question.This is Zed my dear!!!!
i think turning mazabuka hospital into general hospital would be a welcome move that will benefit the local because they will not have to be refered to UTH or Monze. the concempt of mobile hospital is good except other factors need to be also noticed like bad roads, maintainance of these mobile hospitals and resources required to run them. otherwise its an academic exercise.
And we wonder why others describe us with invectives. Kindly give us a concise position as to why you think MOBILE HOSPITALS are non-beneficial?? not these hallow responses on something thats productive to rural communities. Does anyone above know how far it is to get to a medical hospital/clinic in rural areas??
AT WHAT INTERVALS WILL THESE MANDA MANDA’s BE VISITING THE SAME AREAS?….WILL SOMEONE NEEDING WEEKLY TREATMENTS BE VISITED?
INVEST IN A UTH SIZED HOSPITAL IN ALL PROVINCES…..NOTHING SHORT OF IT IS REQUIRED!
THATS FAKE HOSPITALS LIARS!!!
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Surely, I stand to be enlightened on these mobile hospitals. They will be moving from one area to another looking for patients. Manje fuel mwe banthu sure!!!!!!!!! I think some of these technologies are contextual, i.e. they work better in certain areas than in others. I always think of the road where my father lives somewhere in petauke. There are a lot of Dambos and Swamps such that when you go visiting you have to keep on removing your shoes and putting then on in order to cross the Dambos. I wonder if they will ever see these mobile hospitals.
“Manje fuel mwe banthu sure!!!!!!!!! ”
Awe John (No. 12) wantekunya. wadandaula sana pali fuel my mbuya. Upite pa Manda Hill nkuposelemo 5litres.