HEALTH Professions Council of Zambia (HPCZ) Registrar Fastone Goma says his “lazy” remark targeted at UNZA medical students was a side statement and was not made on behalf of the council. Prof Goma says he plans on meeting the students this week in order to put the remark into context. Meanwhile, UNZASU president Chandra Chongo has welcomed Prof Goma’s meeting, on condition that he apologises and retracts the statement. During the Resident Doctors Association of Zambia 2023 Scientific Conference and Annual General Meeting, Prof Goma said students at Lusaka Apex Medical University had proved to be more eager to learn compared to their UNZA peers, who mostly were “dragged to the wards”. “…I think one thing that the registrar does...

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