Kafue acting District Commissioner, Henry Bowa, has expressed disappointment at the manner in which Nangongwe Maternity Clinic has been disposing of the afterbirth in the maternity clinic.
Mr Bowa said it was wrong and unhygienic for the maternity clinic to be disposing of the afterbirth without burning them, leading to a situation where dogs are now eating them.
Mr Bowa said this in Kafue today at the clinic when scores of residents from Nangongwe threatened to lock out clinic staff for failing to dispose of materials used and afterbirth properly after mothers give birth.
Mr Bowa has directed Kafue district health management team to address the problem by ensuring the incinerator was working properly.
He said the community has the right to complain over the problem because the habit was unscientific and unZambian.
Mr Bowa assured the residents that his office will closely supervise the DHMT so that the clinic disposes of the afterbirth in an acceptable manner.
Kafue District Director of Health, Dr Mwila Lembalemba, who was also present at the clinic, explained that the problem of the afterbirth finding themselves in the compound was that of the incinerator which was not properly constructed and fenced.
He said his office would ensure that the incinerator is worked on as soon as possible so that the trend is brought to a halt.
Dr Lembalemba also assured the community that the problem of water, which has persisted for some time at the clinic, was being addressed.
He said erratic water supply by Lusaka Water Sewerage Company had compounded the problem, making it difficult for the clinic to have the commodity at all times.
Residents, who included men and women, said for months now, dogs have resorted to frequenting the clinic where they collect and eat the afterbirth.
He said it is always shocking to find pieces of umbilical cords all over their yards when the clinic is supposed to burn them.
They also complained that mothers are some times discharged from the clinic without cleaning them and only bath when they reach their homes.
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Zambia chalo cesu.
Have these people ever heard of incineration? blame it on lack of policy. maybe we can export the afterbirth to china, as it is a delicacy out there! we can invite the Chinese to setup a plant in Lusaka to process and can the after birth for onward export to china. an alternative source of forex for you Zambia!
INPUT …That sounds like an insult on the Chinese.mulendako bwino iwe kuti walya ama offoz yananikane?
Let everybody bring their afterbirth home with them and burn it or bury it there until the hospital’s incinerator is functioning again. Whats the big deal?
Musalula fye nao ukulu how do you expose such things to the pubilc….ACTUALLY mipapanba iyi twayamba ukutola mu Kafue.Even dogs which eat these things they end up ukushama.
Eshilya imbwa mumona shile ungwa ungwa mumusebo.
That is very nutritious for the dogs and let them keep munching that stuff since the DHMT has also failed to address the scenario, on behalf of RB **==
ni stem cell research. Placenta is health food and people do actually eat them. Imbwa isho kale shayamba ukungwa ungwa. It all RBs fault.