Tue, 03 Jan 2017 07:38:50 +0000 By Chikumbi Katebe THE University Teaching Hospital has been split into four hospitals and Zambia Medical Association (ZMA) has commended the action, saying the move will improve service delivery and efficiency. The Association welcomed the development as it was in line with Zambia’s aspiration of turning UTH into a full medical centre of excellence for the region. ZMA president Aaron Mujajati said the transformation of UTH into four first-level hospitals was long overdue in view of its dimension which lacked specialization as a leading health facility in the country. Dr Mujajati said the separation of expertise should enhance service delivery in the different faculties of study as a teaching hospital and practice as the highest level hospital in the country. He said UTH was already the best nursing care training institution in Zambia, and that the decision by the Ministry of Health to decentralise operations and management of the […]
