The Ministry of Health says there is an increase in non-communicable diseases being attended to at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH).
ZANIS reports that Director for Clinical Care and Diagnostic Services, Aaron Makope said many people in the country are succumbing to heart attacks, strokes, cancer, and other anemic condition.
Speaking during a Doctors and Management morning tour of the Hospital, Dr. Makope, however, said there has been a massive reduction of cardiac referrals to South Africa and India following the government’s investment in modern clinical care and diagnostic equipment at UTH.
Dr Makope disclosed that about 30 pacemakers have been placed successfully in patients in the last six months at UTH to help improve heart systems.
He explained that government’s vision under the national health strategic plan is to modernize provincial hospitals as well as providing specialized cardiac and other health care services.
Dr. Makope stated that the government is determined to transform the University Teaching Hospital so that it reclaims its position of being the leading health care provider.
He further said the government has worked round the clock to ensure that it decongests the wards and improves the environment in the hospital so that patients can access quality health care services.
Dr Makope disclosed that UTH is using a lot of blood for various operations and services and has appealed to the general public to donate blood.
He however assured that there are adequate blood stocks at the national blood bank to cater for various needs stating that the government will soon devise a better blood donation and collection strategy.
During the tour to emergency, medical and surgical wards, it was observed that the nurse-patient ratio has improved from over 50 patients per nurse to about 10, per nurse.
And patients interviewed, said the environment and atmosphere in the wards has improved and clean adding that the wards are not decongested following infrastructure refurbishment by government and other partners.
Bernard Kaoma, who has been admitted at the hospital for the past six months praised government and management at UTH for transforming the health facility into delivering quality health care.
Lungu & PF do not care about UTH. Imagine if the money they spend in South African hospitals and Asia could be channeled to UTH? ANyway kuya bebele your time is up. Viva HH & UPND our only hope
Chitalu Chilufya has received millions of dollars from big pharmaceutical companies to kill his own people through vaccines. It’s business for big pharma to create patients.
Because more Zambians have adopted western lifestyles and the disease that come with:
– Fast food
– Driving and not walking
– letting the garden boy and maid do all the chores while on Facebook
Heart attacks, strokes, HBP are stress related illnesses. When citizens are annoyed with a thieving government they can have HBP which leads to strokes and heart attacks. If citizens witness injustice like Kaizer Zulu beating up people with no consequences they get angry and this leads to stress diseases. Theft of Mukula without consequences and Zambia Police waiting to receive orders from state house also DeadNBC being openly manipulatedall annoy citizens who then fall sick
with this useless government and failing economy who wouldn’t have a heart attack.
What kind of reporting is this, we need facts and figures, this doctor leaves much to be desired
A very tough economy ,toxic polluted air and uncollected carcinogenic trash contaminating Zambia’s urban soils this is the result.Life expectancy in Zambia is going down.
Heart attacks and strokes are diseases of the mind. People have too much on their minds due to the harsh economy. Cancer is mainly a disease of lifestyle, what you do to your body
It’s the food people are eating in restaurants that is high in salt, fat, sugar and other additives. This adulterated food was not consumed by many in the past.
Nothing new here. All this is because of the unprecedented “more money in your pocket ” syndrome that has driven the usual onto the uncongested highway, full of unprecedented salted chickens, chips, pizza, burgers, processed food in cans, tins, containers, and all sorts of drinks from the once innocent coca-cola, if consumed in moderation to, red bull, wines, you name, all being consumed in unprecedented quantities, all in the name of PF has brought unprecedented development and now we can afford unprecedented food ya ba Zungu.
Little do you realize the unprecedented highway you are on leads to the life of unprecedented medication and medical care that you don’t have access to. So sad.
Stick to your nsima ya pa maliketi, natural and no processed preservatives to lengthen shelf life…
Stick to your nsima ya pa maliketi, natural and no processed preservatives to lengthen shelf life. Chibwabwa, bondwe, and if possible breed your own birds and livestock than buy in Shoprite meat injected with salt & drugs and whatever else you have no idea of, just to increase their Kilo, since everything is sold per kilo to maximise profit. That is irresponsible capitalism that our generation lives under
Bernard Kaoma, who has been admitted at the hospital for the past six months praised government and management at UTH for transforming the health facility into delivering quality health care.
Is he a tax excerpted citizen, for him to heap such praises on govt? I thought it’s a right to have access to a good healthcare service. UTH should just adapt, people’s diets have changed, fast life, fast foods, fast killer diseases.
Bernard Kaoma, who has been admitted at the hospital for the past six months praised government and management at UTH for transforming the health facility into delivering quality health care.
Hungry Lion problems.