19 Coronavirus patients at the new Chinsali General Hospital isolation facility have been discharged.
Minister of Health Chitalu Chilufya said all the 19 patients who were isolated at the hospital have been cleared off the disease.
Dr Chilufya was Speaking when he visited the ultra-modern Chinsali General Hospital level two yesterday, where he disclosed that the isolation facility has been already been disinfected following the discharge of patients.
“We happy to mention that we do not have any COVID-19 patients at this health facility but our testing center is still active,” he added.
Dr. Chilufya further disclosed that the new modern hospital will be fully operational on October 12, 2020 and the general public are expected to have access to all health services.
Dr Chilufya also noted that the hospital has been fully equipped with modern equipment in all the departments with specialized health personnel already deployed.
And Muchinga Province Minister Malozo Sichone thanked Government for opening up the hospital to the public.
Mr Sichone said the hospital is evident of government’s commitment to bring health care services close to the people
“This facility will be used as a referral center that will cover for both Muchinga and Northern provinces”, he added.
Meanwhile, Chinsali Member of Parliament Kalalwe Mukosa praised health personnel who had been attending to the COVID-19 patients at the isolation facility for exhibiting professionalism.
The new Chinsali General Hospital level two was one of the identified isolation centers when Muchinga province was pronounced once as the epicenter.
PF JOB WELL DONE.
You see people die in Lusaka, but not in rural hospitals.
I advice PF ministers to be treated at Chinsali Hospital, not UTH.
Another great achievement by the mighty pf government. We are managing a disease which the west has failed to control. Who would have thought the day would come when it would be safer and better to reside in Africa than western world. Ba diaspora see your lives now ?
Iwe Malozo Sichone waba kukanwa kwati eku matako. Michigan province is not only about Chinsali. Other areas like the newly created districts Lavushimanda and others have nothing to point at in terms of infrastructure development for the them to be called districts. Rural areas are an eye sore Chiundaponde to be specific, nothing in terms of uplifting the standard of living for the rural community…