THE appointment of a new ZAMMSA board members is an exercise in futility as it lacks competent personnel to undo the mess at the institution, a pharmaceutical expert, Jerome Kanyika has said.In an interview, Mr. Kanyika described the appointment as a great disappointment as he insisted that the board was supposed to comprise members well versed in pharmaceutical matters.He was commenting on the setting up of a board that is led by former Auditor General, Anna Chifungula.Minister of Health, Sylvia Masebo on Tuesday appointed a board following ZAMMSA’s erroneous delivery of Honey Bee drugs to Kabwe General Hospital and Kasama Central Hospital.He wondered how the government could appoint a medical doctor, Peter Mwaba as the interim managing director when he had no pharmaceutical know-how.Mr Kanyika said that despite the new chief executive officer being a qualified and experienced medical doctor, that did not in any way make him the right candidate for the job.He said […]
Pharmaceutical expert casts doubt on new ZAMMSA board
