MINISTRY of Health Permanent Secretary for administration Dr Sinyangwe says government was not directly contacted by RDAZ when it decided to withdraw its volunteer doctors from public hospitals. But RDAZ president Paul Chibwe says the association has been trying to engage government for a while to look into the plight of doctors without getting a response. On Friday, the Resident Doctors Association of Zambia (RDAZ) withdrew its volunteering resident doctors from various sites after it observed a persistent reliance on unemployed resident doctors to provide essential medical services to over 50 per cent of public hospitals. Commenting on that in an interview, Saturday, Dr Sinyangwe said government only saw the statement on social media. He said when government contacted the...