{"id":4161,"date":"2026-05-19T21:29:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T18:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/?p=4161"},"modified":"2026-05-19T21:29:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T18:29:30","slug":"govt-commissions-refurbished-stroke-unit-at-uth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/?p=4161","title":{"rendered":"GOVT. COMMISSIONS REFURBISHED STROKE UNIT AT UTH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Government has commissioned a refurbished\u00a0Stroke Unit at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) Adult Hospital, targeted at decentralising specialised stroke care services and improving patient outcomes in the country.<\/p>\n<p>During the same event, Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary for Technical Services, Kennedy Lishimpi who was represented by the Ministry\u2019s Market Lead Monitoring and Evaluation, Clive Gosa, also launched a Client Feedback Initiative that promotes dialogue for improvement of health services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur country has continued to record an increase in stroke cases, particularly among younger people, mainly due to non-communicable diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, unhealthy lifestyles, and late health-seeking behaviour,\u201d said Dr Lishimpi.<\/p>\n<p>The Permanent Secretary further noted that a\u00a0responsive and effective complaint handling system is a cornerstone of transparency, professionalism, and accountability in healthcare delivery that provides clients an opportunity to express their concerns and share their experiences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPatient feedback should never be viewed as criticism, but rather as an opportunity to learn, improve, and build trust between healthcare providers and the communities we serve,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>UTH Adult Hospital Senior Medical Superintendent, Charles Mbewe, highlighted the Stroke unit\u2019s contribution to improved patient outcomes, reduced mortality rates, and better rehabilitation services for stroke patients.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government has commissioned a refurbished\u00a0Stroke Unit at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) Adult Hospital, targeted at decentralising specialised stroke care services and improving patient outcomes in the country. During the same event, Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary for Technical Services, Kennedy Lishimpi who was represented by the Ministry\u2019s Market Lead Monitoring and Evaluation, Clive Gosa, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4162,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[83,26,82,25],"class_list":["post-4161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-healthfacility","tag-ineverycornerofzambia","tag-ministryofhealth","tag-zanis","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4161"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4164,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4161\/revisions\/4164"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}