MINISTER of Health Sylvia Masebo says Zambia used a lot of local solutions to fight the cholera pandemic which hit the country late last year and early this year. And Masebo has urged doctors to work hard so that they can earn better salaries. Meanwhile, Masebo says more than 50 percent of the drugs being sold in private pharmacies are stolen from government hospitals and facilities. Speaking during the annual general meeting of the Resident Doctors Association of Zambia (RDAZ) in Kitwe, Saturday, Masebo revealed that her ministry had a shortfall of beds when the Heroes Cholera Centre was opened. “You know the time we had cholera, we had a big challenge, one of the challenges is that we opened...

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