By ADRIAN MWANZATHE Drug shortage in hospitals is real as people are being asked to buy essential medicines because government has not procured, says Resident Doctors Association of Zambia (RDAZ) president Brian Sampa.Dr Sampa said Health Minister Sylvia Masebo needed to stop politicking and ensure that she stoped blaming the previous government over the shortage of drugs in the country.He said it was disappointing that Ms Masebo claimed that the issue was propaganda by suppliers whose firms had their contracts terminated by the new government.Dr Sampa said that the government needed to advertise rather than apportion the blame on their predecessors who at least tried to provide the service.“Our call to the minister is for her to own up and ensure that she gets the medicines not apportioning the blame on the suppliers whose contracts had been terminated as the ones pushing this propaganda,” he said.He said that the first step would be to admit […]
MASEBO POLITICKING … OWN UP AND BUY MEDICINE
