HEALTH Minister Sylvia Masebo has revealed that four out of 58 bottles of Honeybee Panadol were consumed at Kasama General Hospital before the medicine was retrieved by the Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency (ZAMMSA). And Masebo says the ZAMMSA Board has agreed that there will be need to advertise for jobs after the entire top management team was fired. Presenting a Ministerial statement in Parliament, Tuesday, Masebo said two patients who consumed the Honeybee drugs had been identified and were being observed to see whether there was a negative impact on their health. She said it was regrettable that despite the heavy investment in ZAMMSA, human failure occurred which could be attributed to low levels of competency among key...

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