Sat, 15 Oct 2016 10:42:22 +0000 ZAMBIA Medical Association says the recently commissioned Matero and Chilenje district hospitals are still operating as clinics due to the absence of the necessary professional staff to support its intended capacity. ZMA president Aaron Mujajati said there was need for the Government through the Ministry of Health to begin assigning doctors and nurses in various fields of expertise to increase demand for the facilities to be able to provide the necessary services at that level. He said in effect, with such expertise at the two health facilities in Lusaka, it would help to decongest the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) which has over the years resorted to the use of floor beds as number of patients exceeded the bed capacity at the country’s largest hospital. “These facilities are still operating as a clinic when they are district hospitals. “There is need to decongest UTH and reduce the high nurse-patient ratio […]
