ALL NURSES AT MPULUNGU GENERAL HOSPITAL TRANSFERED TO OTHER TOWNS

ALL THE NURSES AT MPULUNGU GENERAL HOSPITAL ARE ALLEGED TO HAVE  BEEN  TRANSFERED TO OTHER TOWNS.

ACCORDING TO SOURCES, THIS  FOLLOWS A GO SLOW THAT WAS STAGED RECENTLY  BY THE HEALTH WORKERS AT THE HOSPITAL WHO  ARE ALLEGEDLY REFUSING TO ATTEND TO PATIENTS.

SOURCES  ALLEGE THAT THE NURSES HAVE BEEN TOLD TO PACK THEIR BAGS IN READINESS FOR THE ALLEGED TRANSFERS AFTER THE WARNING OF DISSMISAL FOR FAILURE TO ATTENDING TO PATIENTS.

AND WHEN CONTACTED FOR A COMMENT MPULUNGU DISTRICT HEALTH MEDICAL OFFICER A DR LWIMBA REFUSED TO COMMENT OVER THE MATTER AND REEFERD ALL THE QUESTIONS TO HEALTH MINISTRY ACTING SPOKESPERSON DR CHIZEMA WHO COULD NOT BE REACHED BY PRESS TIME.

DR LWIMBA ACCUSED THE MEDIA OF  BEING UNPROFESSIONAL FOR REVIEWING THE INFORMATION THAT NURSES AT THE HOSPITAL WERE REFUSING TO ATTEND TO PATIENTS BECAUSE PEOPLE IN THE AREA VOTED FOR MMD CANDIDATE WHO LATER EMERGED WINNER OF THE BY ELECTION.

MEANWHILE, A RESEARCH STUDY ON ZAMBIA RELEASED BY THE REGIONAL NETWORK ON AIDS, LIVELIHOODS AND FOOD SECURITY (RENEWAL), HAS REVEALED THAT HIV/AIDS AND OTHER CHRONIC ILLNESSES ACCOUNTED FOR CLOSE TO 13 PER CENT OF AGRICULTURAL STAFF DEATHS FROM 2002 TO 2007, ROBBING EXTENSION AGENCIES OF THEIR VALUABLE WORKFORCE AND REDUCING THEIR EFFECTIVENESS.
THE  STUDY HAS STATED THAT FOR EACH AGRICULTURAL WORKER WHO DIED DURING THE PRIME OF THEIR CAREER, THE ZAMBIAN GOVERNMENT LOST AN AVERAGE OF 12 YEARS WORTH OF INVESTMENT IN TRAINING.

ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT RELEASED BY THE INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE POLICY MAKERS ,RESEARCHERS, DEVELOPMENT EXPERTS AND PRACTITIONERS ARE MEETING IN CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, TO DISCUSS THE CRITICAL LINKS BETWEEN HIV/AIDS, AGRICULTURE, HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION IN AFRICA.
THE CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS TO THE THREE-DAY MEETING  HOPE TO ENHANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THESE CONNECTIONS AND BRIDGE THE DIVIDE BETWEEN  HIV AND FOOD/NUTRITION COMMUNITIES .

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by:Augustine Sichula