By SIMON MUNTEMBA IT all started over nine months ago when a 10-year-old boy of Lusaka’s Mandevu Township was coughing a lot and losing appetite, but the mother thought it was just a simple case of flu. However, one night in May 2024, the Grade 5 school boy who had been experiencing flu-like symptoms for some weeks, was roused from a fitful sleep by sharp chest pains coupled with difficulty in breathing and started crying uncontrollably. His mother, Martha Jere, 38, couldn’t help but worry as she, in panic, wondered about what really was a problem with her son. Too many questions were hammering through Ms. Jere’s mind as she remembered how she lost her husband over a year ago in a similar circumstance. She was gripped with fear at the possibility of losing her son. “My son was struggling to breathe and I realised that it was something serious. I was so worried because […]
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