HEALTH Minister Sylvia Masebo says the UPND government’s 8th National Development Plan seeks to improve the proportion of hospitals with fully functional equipment by 85 percent by 2026. Speaking during the Biomedical Engineering Association of Zambia Symposium, Thursday, Masebo said engineers would be expected to properly maintain this equipment. “Today, we will officially open the first ever medical equipment symposium and expo under the Biomedical Engineering Association of Zambia. We gather here to collaborate at this medical equipment symposium and expo under the theme; ‘risk management, innovation and harnessing medical equipment for an improved healthcare delivery through biomedical engineers that seek to improve the healthcare service delivery through Healthcare Technology Management’. The UPND government’s unwavering role of His Excellency Mr...