Dear Editor,UNTIL recently, Zambia only had the University of Zambia, Ridgeway Campus, as a medical school, graduating about 50 medical doctors per year.However, to meet the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (STGS), we have among other things committed to reducing the doctor-patient ratio.According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), Zambia has one doctor per 12, 000 patients.The WHO acceptable standard ratio is one physician per 5, 000 people.To this effect, Government accelerated the training of medical doctors and health workers.New medical universities have been opened and new nursing and lab tech training schools were constructed and opened.Further, education licences were given to private trainers to meet the urgent requirement.On the case of doctors, besides the University of Zambia, Ridgeway Campus, we now have:1. Levy Mwanawasa Medical University2. Copperbelt University of Medicine.3. Lusaka Apex University.4. University of Lusaka.5. Zambia Royal Medical University. 6. Texila American University.7. Cavendish University.This is what has been done. For example, we had […]
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY – THE CASE OF UNEMPLOYED DOCTORS
