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Zambia hails India for locally made vaccine

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  • “I further wish to congratulate Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi ji for the launch of a massive vaccination exercise in his country,”

By KALOBWE BWALYA

ZAMBIA’s High Commissioner to India Judith Kapijimpanga has congratulated India over the two locally made COVID 19 vaccines in that country.

Ms Kapijimpanga said Zambia, being one of the friendly countries to India, would definitely request for vaccines supply following necessary steps.

“I further wish to congratulate Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi ji for the launch of a massive vaccination exercise in his country,” Mrs. Kapijimpanga said.

According to First Secretary Press at Zambia High Commission in India Bangwe Naviley, Ms Kapijimpanga was speaking when she toured Pushpawati Singhania Hospital and Research Institute (PSRI), a multi specialist hospital, in New Delhi, India.

“President Edgar Lungu has prioritised health as a key economic investment to spur our nation to become a prosperous middle- income country by 2030,” said Ms Kapijimpanga.

And Ms Kapijimpanga  urged specialists at PSRI to design programs of mainly doing medical-surgical camps in Zambia, and only exceptional cases refer for treatment in India.

“More cases will have to be handled in Zambia as the budget for 2021 speaks to local superspecialty treatments,” she said.

Meanwhile,  Pushpawati Singhania Hospital and Research Institute (PSRI) Chief Executive Officer- Dr.Dipak Shukla said PSRI hospital had 23 super specialists  run by experienced specialists.

“PSRI hospital is willing to collaborate in disciplines such as cardiac care Neurospine, oncology, orthopaedics, arthroplasty, renal science and organ transplant,” Dr. Shukla said.

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