Thu, 29 Jun 2017 14:15:19 +0000 By ANNIE ZULU SOME medical staff at Lusaka’s Chawama clinic in Lusaka have come under fire for alleged unprofessional conduct, including harassment of patients. The patients, who expressed disgust at the manner in which the health institution was being run, accused the staff of causing emotional trauma to patients who visited the clinic in need of medical attention. An elderly woman who identified herself as Nakulu Mubanga said the health facility had been transformed into a ‘‘disaster area’’, with nurses being the chief culprits. “We spend almost the entire day queuing only to be told that there was no medicine and we have to look for it elsewhere. ‘‘I am 69 years old and terribly ill, where do I get the energy and money to buy medicine? This clinic is no longer the way it used to be in those days, nurses are rude,” she lamented. Another patient Mutinta […]
