By SYLVIA MWEETWA –
CENTRAL Province medical officer, Rosemary Mwanza has attributed the delay in opening the newly constructed Serenje District Hospital to lack of staff to run the health facility.
Dr Mwanza however, said her office had already written to the Ministry of Health on the need to employ staff to run the health facility.
Dr Mwanza said in an interview in Kabwe that the delay to open the new facility to service the people of Serenje and the surrounding areas would soon be resolved in the shortest possible time.
She said that her office was of the view that the already exiting hospital in Serenje should be left to operate side by side with the newly constructed hospital.
“I want to state that the delay to open the newly constructed hospital in Serenje district was as a result of lack staff to operate the facilities but this is being resolved by our Ministry which have assured that it will assist in addressing the matter, “she said.
Dr Mwanza assured the people of the provincial administration’s commitment to ensure services were provided to the public and that once opened, the health facility in Serenje would assist decongest the old hospital.
She said with the planned construction of more health centres in various locations underway, the newly constructed hospital in Serenje would assist in taking health services closer to the people.
