Health

‘Levy Hospital not short of oxygen’

By KALOBWE BWALYA LUSAKA’S Levy Mwanawasa Teaching Hospital has enough piped oxygen supply and back up cylinders to its Covid patients...

Kitwe Hospital cautioned on use of interns

ROGERS KALERO writes MANAGEMENT at the Kitwe Teaching Hospital (KTH) should not use medical interns to manage medical schemes like...

JUST IN: AUGUSTINE SEYUBA DIES

FORMER Permanent Secretary Augustin Seyuba has died. Mr Seyuba served as Permanent Secretary in Western and North-western Provinces...

VOTE: Do you think it is safe to open schools next Monday?

Parents and guardians do you think schools will be safe enough for pupils on Monday? Live Ended Yes, they will 39% 9 / 23 No, they...

Edgar Lungu mourns with Catholics over deaths of several...

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has commiserated with the Catholic Church over the deaths of several priests to Covid-19. President Lungu says...

CHINA STARTS USING ANAL SWAB COVID-19 TEST, SAYING IT’S...

SEOUL — Months-long lockdowns. Entire city populations herded through the streets for mandatory testing. The people of China could...

Govt to stabilise drug supply

SANFROSSA MANYINDA writes @SunZambian GOVERNMENT has called for the stabilization of the medicines supply chain in order to enhance...

STOP USING ANIMAL DRUGS TO TREAT COVID19, WARNS MINISTER

Health Minister Jonas Chanda has expressed concern over the continued use of animal drugs to treat or prevent covid-19 by members...

339 Covid-19 patients on oxygen

By SANFROSSA MANYINDA ABOUT 70 percent of Covid-19 patients admitted in various health facilities countrywide are on oxygen therapy....

HAS THE COVID-19 PHILOSOPHER’S STONE BEEN FOUND?

BY DR MBUYI MASUWA SECTION A:  THE INTRODUCTION TO think that a huge metallic bird weighing tones and tones of kilogrammes, carrying...

COVID-19 CLAIMS 21 IN 24 HOURS

ZAMBIA has recorded 21 Covid-19 deaths countrywide in the last 24 hours. Seventeen have been directly classified as Covid-19 deaths,...

Monthly injection to replace daily pills for HIV treatment

A new HIV drug which could see patients stop taking daily antiretroviral therapy drugs has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration.The...

Kitwe Hospital runs out of space

 ROGERS KALERO writes @sunzambian THE Kitwe Teaching Hospital (KTH) has been overwhelmed with the increasing number of COVID-19 patients...

Govt assures frontline workers

SANFROSSA MANYINDA writes @sunzambian GOVERNMENT places great importance on the welfare of frontline health workers, Health Minister,...

‘GET HONEYBEE CONDOMS TESTED INDEPENDENTLY’

By SILUMESI MALUMO THE drugs and condoms supplied by Honeybee must be subjected to independent tribunal for testing in order to ascertain...