By SIMON MUNTEMBATHE Health Professions Council of Zambia (HPCZ) has warned people who are operating as health practitioners without a licence to stop or risk being sent to jail upon conviction.HPCZ senior public relations officer, Terry Musonda said they will continue to ensure that the public was protected from unsafe practices in the health profession and those found contravening the Health Professions Act brought to book.Mr Musonda who welcomed the recent conviction and sentencing of Reuben Mumba, a Grade 11 school dropout of Mpulungu who was masquerading as a health practitioner and operating a health facility without a licence.He said it was their hope that the conviction and sentencing of Mumba would serve as a deterrent to would be offenders.Mr Musonda explained that in October 2021, HPCZ working with the Zambia Police, Drug Enforcement Commission and the District Health Office discovered Mumba in his grocery store attempting to inject a drug namely gentamycin into a […]
Health Professions Council warns fake practitioners
