IN OUR society, medical doctors are often perceived as being financially stable. Therefore, when Dr Musonda Mwilwa asked her Facebook followers to urgently assist her with K300 last week, several people thought she had been hacked. But Dr Mwilwa, who has sickle cell anaemia, posted her phone number and asked those who were doubting to call her and verify that it was indeed her who was asking for help. “I urgently need K300. I’m in so much pain, and no one I’m calling is coming through for me. This is my last resort, please. I’m desperate,” she wrote last Monday night. In the comments section, she wrote: “@followers, I have not been hacked. I have money, but I’m not able...

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