PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says hospitals lacked basic equipment in the past because money was misused. And President Hichilema has encouraged people with means to help out the needy or God will take away what he gave them. Meanwhile, the Head of State says government will secure money over time to employ more health workers so that the patient-to-medical staff ratio can be reduced. Speaking when he officially opened the Chitanda Lumamba Adventist Hospital in Chibombo District, Central Province, Friday, President Hichilema said his government would utilise people’s money correctly by ensuring that all hospitals and health centres had the barest equipment needed. “Here is the pronouncement I’m making using this occasion as an opportunity for our health facilities as I...

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