Fri, 06 Oct 2017 13:11:29 +0000 When you lose sight you lose touch with the world, but when you lose hearing – sense you lose touch with the people – Helen Keller, US Advisor on Hearing and Sight issues. By TERENCE MUSUKU COMPLETENESS of human personality, viewed anatomically, is anchored on five valiant human senses: Sight, Hearing, Smell, Taste and Touch. In essence and effect, when one of these five senses is dysfunctional or impaired, the affected person becomes physically handicapped, unable to lead a normal life. A physically handicapped person, old or young, belongs to the vulnerable lot in society writhing in self-pity and groping in harrowing uncertainty! Of course, health ministries in both developed and developing countries do exist for the function of providing preventive and curative medical services for containing and treating ailments impairing the five human senses. In Zambia, specifically, the Ministry of Health is ticking with head-way, by clear-cut leaps […]
