Wed, 19 Dec 2012 09:07:20 +0000 University Teaching Hospital (UTH) management has disclosed that over K80 million per month is spent on the purchase of new hospital beddings due of high levels of pilferage at the institution. UTH Managing Director Lackson Kasonka said the hospital has continued to experience pilfering by staff and patients resulting in millions of kwacha being spent to replace bed sheets and blankets for patients’ use. He was reacting to public complaints over inadequate beddings at the institution forcing patients to sleep on uncovered mattresses. “A lot of linen is stolen through the mortuary, we lose a lot of beddings which are like disposable laundry, and especially the new linen which I believe is pilfered by our members of staff, and I can not rule that out, am not accusing anybody but am sure it happens. A lot of linen is stolen especially through the mortuary, by families and staff […]
