VENDORS SPREAD TO MORE LUSAKA BUS STOPS
Some street vendors have taken over bus shelters along busy areas such as the Great East Road in Lusaka. According to an observation undertaken by Diamond Media, vendors have taken…
PHARMACISTS NOD ‘FAILED’ PARLIAMENTARY HEALTH REPORT
The Pharmaceutical Society of Zambia has expressed happiness that the report from the Parliamentary Committee on Health was not adopted, as it would have been detrimental to the empowerment of…
14 DOGS RESCUED FROM LUSAKA’S MEANWOOD HOUSE
The Animal Welfare Society in Lusaka has rescued 14 dogs from a house of a man who has since been charged with animal cruelty. The Dogs’ owner, Jubodu Olukayonde, has…
STREET VENDING ‘THRIVES’ AMID POOR SANITATION
Street vending has continued in Lusaka’s Central Business District, following President Hakainde Hichilema’s order to halt the removal of vendors. A check by Diamond Media in the Central Business Center…
STATE OPPOSES SICHIMBA’S APPEAL TO ACCESS FROZEN ACCOUNT
Lawyers representing former President Edgar Lungu’s associate Chrint Sichamba say their client will be tortured if he is not allowed to access his frozen bank account to enable him to…
THREE SUCCUMB TO COVID-19 IN LAST 24 HOURS
Zambia has lost three people, all males aged 19, 62 and 96 years, to Covid-19 in the last 24hours. Minister of Health Sylvia Masebo says two of the deceased had…
NDOLA MAN SEEKS MEDICAL AID
A 60 years old man of Kawama Township in Ndola on the Copperbelt Province, is seeking financial assistance, to enable him to put up hospital bills for a dislocated leg,…
HEALTH FACILITIES IN ANTI-MALARIA DRUGS BOOST
The Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency has received newly procured anti malaria drugs valued at two million five hundred and twenty dollars. ZAMMSA Public Relations Officer Enoch Lusoke says…
“HONEY BEE DRUGS SCANDAL A HOAX” SAYS CHITALU CHILUFYA
Former Health Minister Dr. Chiltalu Chilufya has described as a hoax, the Honey Bee scandal, which exposed the alleged distribution of leaking condoms and expired drugs in public hospitals. In…
UTH CANCER DISEASE HOSPITAL IN EQUIPMENT CRISIS
Patients at the Cancer Disease Hospital are reportedly being turned away due to lack of radiotherapy equipment. Diamond News spoke to one of the patients who has disclosed that her…