A preliminary report by the Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency has revealed that the status of Honey Bee supplied Paracetamol tablets to Kabwe Central and Kasama General Hospitals was erroneously changed from quality control to available status during the stocktake exercise undertaken on 27th December 2021.
And Health Minister Sylvia Masebo has revealed that four bottles out of 58 bottles of Paracetamol 100 tablets per bottle dispatched to Kasama General Hospital were consumed while all those delivered to Kabwe central Hospital were returned.
Delivering a Ministerial Statement to Parliament yesterday, Ms. Masebo said health Authorities in Kasama have since embarked on a trail of all those who consumed the defective drugs and are monitoring them to ascertain any possible side effects and that two patients have so far been traced and are being observed to ascertain whether the medicine has had any negative effect on their health.
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Ms. Masebo who described the distribution of the defective drugs as irresponsible has assured that investigations are currently underway to help ascertain how the error occurred.
Ms Masebo says all the 198 bottles of the paracetamol that was dispatched to Kabwe central hospital were retrieved.
She has since indicated that investigations into the matter are still continuing.
She also said that the matter of the Honey-Bee sub-standard medicines in question is in Court and a subject of state investigation hence making it difficult for ZAMMSA to dispose them off in the case where the supplier failed to collect them.
My worry is about Luckson Kasonka. He misled the nation when he told us that none of the medicine had been dispensed. This isn’t the first that he has issued a statement without verifying facts. Last time it was reported that there were no medicines in clinics Kasonka quickly issued a statement to dispute that report. A few days later he acknowledged that indeed there was a shortage of medicines in health facilities. Kasonka must realize that he’s not at UTH where every officer was a boss and free to do as they wished. This behaviour doesn’t give us confidence that our health is in safe hands. Whom is he trying to please by telling lies? That position requires one to be truthful in all they say and do. I hope has learnt something before we begin to give him as an example
And who made that mistake? Mistakes don’t create themselves.
Masebo and her staff banadya!!!
Surely how can Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency investigate themselves…we have to serious as a nation.
But why have these people kept these so called expired drugs? Or is it that its them now importing expired ones and blame it on honey bee? Something is rotten here. Why are honeybee products still on shelves?
4 bottles consumed sue these people so that the grow up….
Aren’t these same expired medicines supposed to be evidence in court? How on earth were they released to the hospitals?!? Looks like a deliberate mistake to me. Looks like green and red are one and the same color. You cannot lie to people all of the time….the 2.8 is slowly but surely dwindling, mark my words…
Is your aim to clear all Bembas
The pf were castigated for honeybee by the upnd. Today this f00Iish woman says she made a mistake and expects to get away with it. Upnd are a waste of space..many people are calling me and saying they will vote pf. They regret this mistake
Masebo is a political activist from 90s , she was in MMD , PF and today she is UPND. Nkandu Luo and Masebo should leave politics now. It is overdue. So by saying honey bee was dispensed by mistake, where do you keep expired drug s? Do you put them with useful drugs? By saying it was dispensed by mistake is not the answer we expecting from government.
Caused by a mistake? That’s what Dr Chilufya would also have said. And Katona said there had been no distribution altogether. It’s all corrupt talk
You were told PF are still in charge. This is what you get for being sloppy.
@4. Please read the Minister’s statement. She clearly tells you that the case of honey bee sub-standard medicines is still in court and subject to state investigations making it difficult for ZAMMSA to dispose them off.
mistake really. what about internal control measures. accountability is simply lacking
On a different note zambia as a country should do away with the requirement of a covid pcr negative test for all passengers coming in and who are fully vaccinated. We need traders and businessmen to come in as well as tourists. This is also cumbersome for zambian citizens just wanting to come back home. This is the direction that the world is going to. It will also encourage everybody to be vaccinated as there will be less hassles.
My own child it’s a mistake my step son it is……………?A wrong thing is always…………….?