MANY lives are needlessly being lost and unless Government declares the critical and persistent shortage of drugs in the country, there is a real danger of more lives being lost, the Zambia Medical Association (ZMA) has warned.Dr Kaumba Tolopu, the secretary general of ZMA says revelations that the national drug stock is currently standing at 53.1 percent should cause government to declare a state of emergency and invoke the disaster management provisions in the emergency procurement of medicines and other medical supplies.Dr Tolopu has asked Government to deeply introspect over its struggling health policy and give due consideration and declare the continued critical shortage of drugs in hospitals an emergency.He said in a statement that the drug stock of 53.1 percent, which falls way below the World Health Organisation recommended stock volume availability of 70 – 80 percent should be of great concern to government and should therefore move those making decisions to find means […]
Declare DRUGS emergency-ZMA
