KAMFINSA PF member of parliament Christopher Kang’ombe says it is unacceptable that the University Teaching Hospital Cancer Diseases Centre is only evacuating 20 cancer patients at a given time, out of 800 of those on the waiting list. On Wednesday, University Teaching Hospital Cancer Diseases Centre Senior Superintendent Susan Msadabwe said the centre had about 800 cancer patients waiting to be evacuated for treatment. Commenting on this in a statement, Friday, Kang’ombe said the situation had caused panic among affected families which were unable to meet the expenses on their own. “It is unacceptable that out of the 800 cancer patients on the waiting list to go out of the country for treatment, the Ministry of Health can only send...
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