MEDICAL for Quality Healthcare in Zambia (MQHZ) Director General Dr Quincy Mwabu says there is poor supervision of health workers in public facilities. Recently, Health Minister Sylvia Masebo expressed displeasure over revelations that some doctors have more than one job. In an interview, Tuesday, Mwabu said government should not condone health workers who only spend 30 percent of their time at public hospitals adding that supervision systems should be strengthened in health facilities. “This is not the first time and the same issue was raised in 2018 where there was a circular from the Ministry of Health where they decided to ban all the health workers from working in private institutions because there were a lot of complaints, especially from...

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