It’s not the right time to build PMC
Dr Lusove Ngomo I have been following the debate on the Pacific Medical Centre. The more the people express their disapproval, the more stubborn the health ministry becomes. Among the many comments, health workers are the ones making the loudest noise as their mark of disapproval. Most are professional people at the end of the health service delivery system who feel the pinch of not being adequately resourced. They are often forced to make do with whatever little they have. Often they have to improvise to save lives. Most, if not all health facilities, are either understaffed or underfunded as revealed in a case study and published in the The National (Oct 19). Even if funding is available, accessibility is cumbersome, courtesy of long and unnecessary financial procedures. It is quite ironic for a learned doctor like Dr Paison Dakulala to aggressively defend this ambitious project. He was a clinician before being appointed to his current position. Therefore, he should know all th