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92 Fired Nurses Reinstated
About ninety two (92) nurses who were fired last year for staging a strike have been reinstated.
And about thirty four thousand four hundred and thirty four (34, 434) patients were attended to through the mobile outreach programme in the first quarter of 2014.
Health Minister Dr.Joseph Kasonde says government has in the first quarter of 2014 employed a total of ninety seven doctors, one hundred and seventy six nurses and twenty six paramedics.
Dr. Kasonde has told journalists during a media briefing in Lusaka today that the recruitment exercise for health professionals is a continuous process as more are expected to be employed in the second quarter.
Dr. Kasonde has also revealed that the Ministry of health has procured medical equipment worth one hundred and fourteen million, nine hundred and thirty nine thousand five hundred and thirty four kwacha (K114, 939, 534) which include the cardiac catherisation lab, laundry and kitchen equipment, and dental equipment among others.
The Health Minister has also disclosed that a total of three hundred and fifty three (353) cases of typhoid were recorded in the first quarter of 2014.
Dr.Kasonde says Lusaka recorded the highest number of Typhoid cases at 197 followed by Northwestern which recorded 90 cases,Copperbelt had 49, Northern Province recorded 12, while Muchinga and Luapula provinces recorded 2 cases each with Eastern province recording one case.
He adds that sixteen cases of Cholera were recorded from Mpulungu District in Northern Province and Chiengi District in Luapula.
Dr. Kasonde further states that twenty four cases of anthrax were recorded in the first quarter of 2014 in Kaoma, Senanga, Mongu and Shangombo.
He says the Ministry of Health has spent a total of three hundred and forty five thousand, one hundred and forty nine kwacha (K345, 149) in the control of these outbreaks.
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on May 1, 2014. Filed under LATEST NEWS.
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diamond platinum
May 1, 2014 at 8:02 am
Never should you repeat what you did,we lost many lives because of you
M.M
May 1, 2014 at 8:16 am
Thank you JESUS.
Mr DaViL
May 1, 2014 at 8:47 am
Will be grad if u do so
Messenger
May 2, 2014 at 12:20 am
Prophecies, signs and wonders and all manner of divine intervention are the expectations of modern church goers who seek anointed pastors to fulfill such demands. The level of deceit, fraud and falsehood to bring continuous supply to these enormous demands is not just incredible but totally unbelievable. Fraudsters and criminals in operation as religious leaders.
chris kembule
May 1, 2014 at 9:19 am
i play it wont again coz such actions afect poor zambians during strik we lost luvd ones en during de long dismiso we lost mo luvd ones
Ethan
May 1, 2014 at 9:41 am
That’s gud that this nurses hv bin re-employed but am confused the minister is saying employing is a continuous exercise but the same govt said a job freeze for 2 years…what the hell is this kanshi?????
Flo
May 1, 2014 at 10:30 am
Too bad for those who worked for many years, no benefits for those years! Starting afresh like one has just graduated and they have been posted elsewhere.
Angels of Death
May 1, 2014 at 10:55 am
Why do nurses abuse patients?
richman
May 1, 2014 at 11:09 am
Hi there Flo. Does reinstatement not mean you continue where left off? If one is re employed yes they lose their benefits not reinstatement. Unless the minister was not quoted properly.
kakolwe
May 1, 2014 at 12:36 pm
The sad thing is these Nurses even ignored their unions. That was foolish. Baleumfwila ka Nevers & Hakainde, those boys were using you for political mileage. Did you see them come to visit you at your hunger stricken homes? BASOPO!!!!!!
Flo
May 1, 2014 at 1:22 pm
Richman, PF’s language is difficult to understand. They said they have been reinstated, they were told to re-apply and will be given new man numbers. Maybe the minster meant those who were wrongly fired eg those who received dismissal letters but were on leave during the strike.
FuManchu
May 1, 2014 at 6:10 pm
When the UNIP government realized there was a dire shortage in financial management the Zambia Diploma in Accountancy (ZDA) and AAT were introduced to address the problem locally some used them as a stepping stones to acquiring internationally recognized accounting qualifications. Zambia still faces a critical shortage in health services delivery thus health personnel and the recruited numbers are just a drop in the ocean for the need outstrips what medical training schools put out of qualified high level professional staff to handle critical cases. However the clinical officers and nursing assistants training could be stepped up for first level intervention and care (out patients/clinics) to cushion nursing staff and medical doctors (in patients). Clinical officers and nursing assistants could be churned out in large numbers and encouraged to move on to higher qualification levels as skills develop to take on more responsibilities! Same could apply for primary education grades from kindergarten to four. Developing a staffing caliber by Zambians for Zambians’ service. How about that?
zuberi
May 1, 2014 at 9:49 pm
When did Dr Kasonde revert to Health Ministry from Imformation?
mr club zero
May 1, 2014 at 11:27 pm
when u ar sick u go to south africa bt us nimuno,so dnt play games with life.aşs hole
jamakudi
May 2, 2014 at 12:14 pm
Just reinstate all of them unconditionally. They did nothing wrong. Punish shamenda instead