By NATION REPORTERGOVERNMENT should prioritise the procurement of reagents used in full blood count testing which have apparently run out at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH), newly appointed PF Member of the Central Committee Dr Canisius Banda has said.Dr Banda said that it was a shame that the country’s biggest hospital had run out of such important components needed to conduct a full blood count.He said that this was a reliable indicator of failure of governance because the mandate of acquiring the reagents was in President Hakainde Hichilema’s hands.Dr Banda said that it was not like reagents were scarce because other private health facilities near UTH had the commodity.“Health security is key in the wellbeing of citizens and that is why governments invest in health but for UTH to run out of reagents means they may not be able to make proper diagnostics,” he said.He said that just last year before the 12th of August […]
Prioritise procurement of reagents, govt urged
