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SAMFYA Residents Keeping Corpses In Homes
SUBJECTS of Senior Chief Mwewa and Chief Chitembo of the Ng’umbo people of Samfya district in Luapula Province are keeping bodies of dead relatives in homes before burying them because the fridges at Lubwe Mission Hospital mortuary have broken down.
And Senior Chief Mwewa and Chief Chitembo have appealed to Government to urgently help repair or replace the fridges at the mortuary.
Kwanga Cultural Association chairman general Eustace Bobo, speaking at the Kwanga traditional ceremony last weekend on behalf of the Bena Ng’oma chiefs who rule the Ng’umbo, Unga, Mukulu and Chishinga people, said hospital authorities have been asking people to carry bodies to their homes while burial arrangements are being made.
Mr Bobo said the lack of a working mortuary is causing a lot of distress among bereaved families, who are being forced to hastily bury their loved ones for fear of decomposition.
“We are appealing to the government to urgently help repair the equipment, especially the fridges, at our hospital’s mortuary because people are going through a lot of hardships when a relative dies,” Mr Bobo said.
And speaking through Mr Bobo, chiefs Mwewa Chibale and Chitembo appealed to the government to help address the situation, saying it has become difficult for people to keep bodies in their homes because of high temperatures.
“We have had this problem for a long time now, but nothing is being done about it. It is distressing to ask people to carry bodies of their loved ones to their homes when we are supposed to keep them in the mortuary under controlled temperatures,” one hospital official who asked not to be named said.
Some villagers said they are forced to keep the bodies of dead relatives indoors during the night when the temperatures are low and outside during the day to avoid decomposition.
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Umwina n'gumbo
October 21, 2011 at 9:31 am
Dont wory my pipo,wil get u 1 as soon as I start working,some pipo r busy buying ama lexus wen othaz dnt hav mortuary fridges.Wat a country! mxxxxxxm(nigerian fyola)
concerned zambian
October 21, 2011 at 9:34 am
Thats sad development, hope the message is clear to the government, with this government, things will change in samfya, we just hope and trust all will go well as the need has risen that side…
Over to the government..
Chiingu Mwanakapoba Romance
October 21, 2011 at 9:35 am
our good and action oriented govt will urgently sort the problem.Its true I live in the area.
bemoc
October 21, 2011 at 9:41 am
ok let sata govern bwezani shud be deported
sinner
October 21, 2011 at 9:41 am
But why dont you just bury the poor dead bodies? They are destined to rot whether you put them in the mortuary or not. It’s inevitable. Infact the quicker you bury them the less costly the funeral becomes.
Ubuntungwa Mu Jambo Jambo
October 21, 2011 at 9:47 am
In a middle income country that spends more money on bicycles and flags than other key amenities, mwa?
Wren
October 21, 2011 at 9:50 am
Kumyesu ku Samfya. Miss Bangweulu and fish. Ico cabipa bane. In Kenya bane they bury even after a month and first time i was surprised when i heard of the burial of a person who had a month ago being announced because i thought he had been buried already. Work on the machines faster bawesu!
fwetwine
October 21, 2011 at 10:09 am
Don’t worry KING COBRA aka sova.
kubeba
October 21, 2011 at 10:10 am
How much are fridges mwe bantu? Ba Banda just baught 2 vehicles worth 3.5 billion kwacha and ba HH boasts of having more than 46 billion kwacha, if they are not greedy and tribalists as they claim why dont they help these poor pipo in need and gain support in the next elections? Dont u think they should start campaigning now? SHAME!!!!!!!!
GonzaLLEZ
October 21, 2011 at 10:15 am
saaaad…eish..
Kano Nga Ebo
October 21, 2011 at 10:19 am
Ico techeni kungumbo efyo fye caba nakale nalulya bashikulu bafwile twabasangilefye munganda. Now that the government is new things gona change for good, Dont worry my people in the village you will definately be okey this is new Zambia.
chambula makenge
October 21, 2011 at 10:43 am
Its sad that in this day and age we have such things happening…where are our priorities as a country?
Wezzy
October 21, 2011 at 10:51 am
Its a sad story mwe! I pray you issue is addressed as soon as possible, can imagine carrying a dead person around, put in the house at night and outside in the day! Its a haunting story, its a mind torture experience
shilika
October 21, 2011 at 11:00 am
Don’t you worry people, we now have a President wiht a heart for his country and people not abaleshita ama lexus nefyashala. One wonders where the monies realised from the sale of Zamtel were channelled to? No wonder we voted wisely mwe……
snr citizen
October 21, 2011 at 11:03 am
Help the people please this a very sad story indeed.
polowe
October 21, 2011 at 11:05 am
we were promised that within 90 days all fridges in all the 73 districts hospitals will be repaired or replaced by new ones mind you we did vote to chase people from offices we voted for change of government leadership some of us we voted for Sata as president and MMD Member of parliament and UPND ward councilor
Former PF secretary
October 21, 2011 at 11:08 am
So sad.No comment. I can only feel the grieve of staring at your dead loved one in the house who once was vibrant in the same house.
Dragsquard Mbewe
October 21, 2011 at 11:12 am
Forty someting years after IN-DEPEN-DENCE.Shame kaleza kaning’ambe nebo.
Samfyan
October 21, 2011 at 11:30 am
Thats why tulilila ichimbo chamalilo, ichikonko. Because you are looking at your loved one lying still for hours when you laughed, talked and lived together. It shall be well my people. Ubucushi emufundo wamano.
Galagata
October 21, 2011 at 11:55 am
And MMD were busy buying bicycles lol
evans matuka mwansa
October 21, 2011 at 12:11 pm
ntuluntuntu mwanansamba chabula eeee nimwemwalengele ukufyompa amamina chabula eeee chabula nimayo oweeee,yangu umusi ubune bakabalwe baonaula ichimbo chamalilo being sung!!!Pipo have to travel long distances to samfya general hospital for medical attention!shame shame shame,an upgrade of Lubwe Mission Hospital nids to be upgraded to acceptable standards,imagine!!!!Lubwe mission Hospital is at the center catering many villages and thoze off shore of lake bangweulu and chifunabuli river.This is very serious,the missionaries did a lot of gud weks,in terms of schools,a clinic and hospital to be built in Lubwe.Those that have been deya will agree with me but because of selfineshness of MMD party decided to neglect those crucial institutions.This is a challenge to our newly voted in government under the leadership of His excellency mr MC Sata to deliver speedily,my brothers and sisters back home a suffering as iam in contact with them,as iam speaking my aged father had difficults travelling to Samfya general hospital to seek medical attention and yet Lubwe Mission Hospital is just less than 200 meters from his home.reason being Lubwe Mission Hospital just cant handle even simple cases.My heart is bleeding.Mr minister of health dont go to sleep i know Zambia is not a poor nation money is deya,make sure such serious matters are attended to.
oxmos
October 21, 2011 at 12:45 pm
@SINNER,I LIKE YOUR COMMENT THOUGH IT MAY SOUND INHUMANE BUT THATS THE TRUTH
Shikulu Mapalo
October 21, 2011 at 12:47 pm
Rupia Banda and MMD thought we needed Mobile Hospitals and Manda mandas. He forgot about the motuaries. Shame upon him and the idiots who voted for him. See now what we are going through.
m.chiwala
October 21, 2011 at 12:57 pm
to sad for my pipo.i was ther in august even road is geting bad.milambo road to.we need quick intervention from the government
Vuvu
October 21, 2011 at 1:35 pm
Guess it was easy to buy mobile hospitals!what a shame the missed out on buying mobile motuaries!
duchess rowena
October 21, 2011 at 2:20 pm
shame on rb and his cabinet for not having done anything to better the lives of all zambians and for not taking gud care of samfya general hospital.
Mwenya capetown
October 21, 2011 at 2:24 pm
Sud story indeed,but am glad the thief that was spending our money on cars and riging is gone.Things will get better.
Chiingu Mwanakapoba Romance
October 21, 2011 at 2:35 pm
sinner you are really a sinner.Go to hell and dont come back.
William Mulenga
October 21, 2011 at 3:47 pm
While waiting for the fridges to be fixed. Come up with the strategy – If someone dies in the morning, let burial take place in the afternoon. Infact I come from a village where people have no access to electricity and that’s what happen – burrying the same day.
Musonda
October 21, 2011 at 4:44 pm
i agree
Sata
October 21, 2011 at 7:14 pm
Sorry sana dont worry i wil do it for u.
Katiya Toonse
October 21, 2011 at 8:25 pm
Sad.
Partly due to lack of priority – settings
Several hospitals do not even have STANDBY GENERATORS!
IT IS NOT THAT THERE IS NO MONEY. NO, NO – MONEY IS THERE, BUT LOOK AT THE AG’s REPORTS; LOOK AT MMD CAMPAIGN MATERIALS; LOOK AT THOSE 4 LUXURY LEXUS HEHICLES for K3.6 BILLION!!!; LOOK AT THE SHOWDY AND WASTEFUL ROAD REHABILITATION/CONSTRUCTION WORKS YEAR IN YEAR OUT!!!; LOOK AT THAT PLAN FOR A BRAND NEW STATE HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IT IS ALL LAUGHABLE and GROTESQUE…
Kaps
October 21, 2011 at 9:06 pm
It is true….im just from shikamushile where i witnessed the same. A pupil died this morning and was put to rest the same day. Had it not been for traditional fridges hay. It’s very hot here in Ng,umbo.
Twacula twafweni