Government has transformed Kabwe Mine Hospital in Central Province into a specialised institution for women and children.
The health facility will now be called Kabwe Women, New Born and Children’s Hospital.
Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya, who officiated at the ceremony in Kabwe, said the move is in line with President Edgar Lungu’s agenda to ensure that women and children’s health is given priority.
President Lungu recently declared maternal deaths as a public health emergency.
He said President Lungu was concerned with the number of women dying while giving life hence the declaration.
Dr. Chilufya said the new facility will contribute to reducing maternal deaths in Central province.
He said the ministry will work hard to ensure that maternal deaths are reduced to zero.
To bring health care services as close to the people as possible, the Minister broke ground to commerce construction of Mini hospitals in Namukulu and Katondo townships.
He reiterated that government will continue investing massively in the health sector in order to equal the country’s growing population with service provision.
Meanwhile, Dr Chilufya has implored nurses and midwives to be professional and ethical as they attend to patients.
Dr. Chilufya says government is always saddened with reports of some nurses mistreating and shouting at patients while on duty.
He says government will not tolerate such personnel because they are retrogressive to the sector.
Dr. Chilufya said this during the central province 3rd combined graduation ceremony of 296 nurses and midwives in Kabwe today.
The minister, who is Mansa central MP and PF member of the Central Committee announced that soon government will open three nursing schools and midwifery in Serenje, Mkushi and Kabwe respectively.
He also said that government is happy with the continued contribution of human resource to the sector trained by private nursing schools.
Dr. Chilufya has since assured all graduates that government will employ them in order to bridge the gap that has been created as a result of massive infrastructure development especially in the health sector.
Dr Chilufya was accompanied by provincial Minister Mr Sydney Mushanga,
Kabwe Central Member of Parliament, who is deputy chief whip Tutwa Ngulube, Central Province Permanent Secretary Bernard Chomba among others.
Meanwhile, general nursing council of Zambia registrar and chief executive officer Dr. Aaron Banda in a speach read for him by council spokesperson Thom Yung’ana called on the graduates to add value to the professional by upholding ethics.
The theme for the graduation was: To train a highly competent, committed nurse and midwife who possesses scientific knowledge and acts of caring.
Kekekeke
Women, New born & Children hospital.
Just call it Women and Children hospital.
Or just Mothers Care Hospital
Should be “Kabwe Mine Mother and Child Hospital or “Kabwe Mine Mother and Child Care Hospital”
I am surprised the cadre Dr.Cholera Chilufya did not mane the hospital Edgar Lungu Hospital
I wonder how much this transformation project was inflated by this crook Chilufya…its no wonder he has not bee reshuffled as he is making a lot of money for Lazy Lungu and Co.
This name is full of munguluness. It reminds of CK with his Heroes Gabon Disaster stadium of 1993 .
Better names have been suggested here.
“I think HAZALUZA HAGAIN,” Privatization stories and theft by Public servant.
Ba Lipota Nabo! Ati Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya, who officiated at the ceremony
What ceremony?
@Obatala the plan is to give you this long and winding name then after you protest they will change it to Chagwa Lungu hospital
Well done government. Its sonta apo wabomba. But the name of the hospital is quite horrible. …Learn to consult ba minister. One day tukomfwa fye ati Panadol Diarrhoea and coattem hospital has been constructed in Lusaka. You must rename that hospital as suggested by others.
that heading is too long new baby shani shani uko
It’s better to just call it Shani Shani uko hospital
The name is a tongue twister it reminds of of Gabon disaster national heroes stadium
What kind of name is that? Another one mentioned a paragraph and called it the name of the stadium: 28 April Heroes perish 5 minutes after take off, off the coast of Libreville in the Gabon disaster stadium. It speaks volumes about the people we elected into office. Please let’s not complain, fyakuifwaila
Kekekekeke! Koma niwe wogomauka!!!
The name appeals to small minds they want to show they have done something big out of nothing
How about Kabwe Maternal child Health Hospital?
Well done
Simple thing as naming a hospital they can’t manage, how will they manage to run the health sector?
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