HEALTH Minister Elijah Muchima says if there’s an emergency, district hospital directors should release their vehicles to transport patients in the absence of an ambulance. And Dr Muchima says marketeers must be encouraged to close their trading places for at least two days in a month in order to clean up and prevent cholera. In the National Assembly, Thursday, Kalabo Central UPND MP Chinga Miyutu wanted to find out why Yuka Adventist Mission Hospital in Kalabo District was closed. In response, Dr Muchima said relevant authorities had only suspended in-patient services due to poor sanitation. “Yuka Adventist Mission Hospital is a first level 120 bed capacity hospital owned and operated by the Southern Zambia Union Conference of the Seventh Day...

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