HEALTH Minister Sylvia Masebo says government is moving all cholera patients from Matero Level One Hospital to Levy Mwanawasa Hospital due to flooding at the facility which has resulted in the closure of its receiving site. And Masebo says Lusaka’s Kanyama constituency has the highest number of cholera cases. Speaking when she visited Matero Level One Hospital to check on the flooding, Sunday, Masebo said the facility’s receiving site had flooded up to knee level. “I am sure you are aware that yesterday, we had a heavy downpour in Lusaka so by this morning, this receiving site was going to flood because as you can see, this clinic is built on a hill. And somehow, there was so much water so...

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