KIDNEY Foundation of Zambia chairperson Thabo Kawana has accused Health Minister Dr Jonas Chanda of lying to Parliament when he said kidney patients have been accessing their dialysis sessions at UTH as well as other hospitals across the country. On Thursday, Dr Chanda told Parliament that kidney patients on both Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) and Hemodialysis (HD) therapy had been accessing the services from the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) and other hospitals in the country. Dr Chanda was responding to a question posed by Chembe PF member of parliament Sebastian Kopulande who wanted to know when dialysis fluids and other consumables required for PD and HD therapy would be available after a five-week absence at UTH. But in a statement, Friday,...

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