Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Kennedy Malama has taken a swipe at Lundazi District Hospital for neglecting the surrounding of the health institution.
Dr Malama described as depressing when he found that the hospital surroundings were dirty and overgrown with unkempt grass.
The PS directed the hospital management to clean the surroundings, adding that in its current state the institution was a possible breeding ground for snakes and other crawling creatures.
“Lundazi, we need to do more in terms of the environment care. We have reprimanded the team to ensure that the surroundings are maintained and kept clean all the time,” he said.
The PS has also directed the hospital administrators to install necessary lighting around in the parts of the hospital that did not have.
“We are not going to mince words when it comes to cleanliness and good conduct and practice, because these are the key tenets of the health sector and government,” he said.
Dr Malama said this when he made an evening impromptu tour of the institution, in Lundazi yesterday.
He further added that his evening tour was mainly to remove the cosmetic facade that is put up during the day.
The hospital surrounding had tall grass around it and in most parts, no lighting.
This attitude of laze affair attitude must be punished thoroughly not by mere censuring them, Leaving them by mere just blasting them will not change their ways.. Act decisively and that’s what we notice that in public sector, punitive action lacks and Chaps are let scot free and in the process service delivery is compromised.
On a lighter note ni rain season mauzu yakula fast
This is bad, people should stop been lazy
The way ps is coming out people in offices are frustrated no funding they think on how to buy drugs , food for patients
The upset PS with Lundazi hospita,l Dr Malama just wants to make news since months ago when his name was in the news.
We have belaboured too long that as far as PF government is concerned Lundazi District is insignificant to its governance and rule. Few days ago we highlighted how president Lungu and vice president Inonge Wina fly in helicopters to visit the district as their vehicles would be damaged by the bad road to the Boma. The new District hospital infrastructure has been at stand still for 4 years to date. The hospital is without medicines and Zambians have to go to Chipata or Malawi to seek medication. The impromptu visit by the PS was meant to make news as a senior civil servant Dr malama is aware of hospitals recently built in Muchinga and Northern provinces from un budgeted…
expenditure or expenditure meant for other infrastructures in different provinces. Lundazi is quite undeveloped compared to recently created districts – yet its the only place in Zambia with a castle. PF government has nothing to show in Lundazi, the bridge swept away by rains last year remains un repaired. What will PF government show in Lundazi during campaigns only trust “Muthakati” judge Esau Chulu with his undignified of declaring false election results as he did in 2016.
How well funded is this institution to engage in grounds cleanliness services than the primary function of attending to those seeking health help? Is funding enough for the institution to consider providing opportunity for private sector engagement in an area where jobs are hard to come by? This could give some small contractor or youth group employment! I guess its high time every sector of the economy depended on targeted expertise for those running institutions to concentrate on their core business!
Isn’t this this country a part of what some one described as a ‘sh*t hole?’ By the way, it’s not just this named hospital that has this challenge, there are more renown medical facilities that have such an outlook.
When we say EHTs are lazy , this is what we mean. Where is the Environmental health team?
How much does it take to slash grass? Any general workers hired to do this type of work? If not cleaning the hospital environment what is their daily routine? Should the government continue paying them?