CHINESE MEDICAL TEAMS BENEFICIAL TO BASOTHO-DEPUTY MINISTER
The Deputy Minister of Health says Lesotho has through the Ministry of Health benefited for more than 20 years from provision of the specialised medical services of the Chinese medical teams of Hubei province. Mrs. ‘Manthabiseng Phohleli said this when bidding farewell to the 13th batch of the Chinese medical team, also welcoming the 14th […]
SERVICES NOT MOVED TO CAREWELL AS YET – DG
The Director General in the Ministry of Health says services provided at Queen Elizabeth II hospital are still offered at the hospital premises as they have not been moved to Carewell clinic premises as yet. Dr ‘Nyane Letsie said until now, they have only mounted the equipment at Carewell Clinic, saying as soon as logistics […]
WHO LAUNCHES HEALTH SAFETY PLAN
With current regulatory capacity and enforcement reportedly insufficient in most developing countries including Lesotho, World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that only three out of 10 regulatory authorities globally function according to acceptable standards. The Organization has thus launched five-year plan ‘Delivering Quality-assured Medical Products for All 2019-2023’ to improve the quality and safety of health […]
HEALTH RECEIVES MEDICAL EQUIPMENT FROM INDIA
The Ministry of Health received a M50 million worth of medical equipment from the Indian Virobien Healthcare company. The handing over ceremony was held at Sebaboleng in Maseru on Thursday last week.. The equipment that comprises 10 electrocardiogram (ECG) machines, 150 patient monitors, 12 anaesthesia machines, 50 fluid and blood warmer, 50 flowmenter infusion pumps, […]
HIS MAJESTY LEAVES FOR ESWATINI
His Majesty King Letsie III on Thursday left the country to attend the launch of Eswatini Malaria Elimination Fund to be held in Eswatini. This was disclosed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations, Mr. Lesego Makgothi in an interview, saying His Majesty has been invited by His Majesty King Mswati III of […]
PAP COMMITS TO ENSURE AFRICAN CHILDREN’S IMMUNISATION
The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) has adopted a resolution on the establishment of an African Parliamentarian Caucus on Immunisation to drive the body’s commitment to ensuring that all children across the continent including Lesotho have access to the vaccines they need, the PAP has said on Sunday. PAP President Roger Nkodo Dang said in a statement […]
HEALTH MINISTER CALLS CANCER PATIENTS FOR SCREENING
The Minister of Health has called on Basotho to go for screening of cancer at Queen Elizabeth II starting from Tuesday (07/04/2019), saying this fourth batch of patients is due to being send to India for treatment. This, Mr. Nkaku Kabi revealed during the media briefing on Monday where he said the screening will be […]
PM URGES FOR STRENGTHENED PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES
The Prime Minister, Dr Motsoahae Thabane says it is urgent and critical to strengthen Primary Health Care Services to ensure early detection and complications of diseases that cause Chronic Kidney Disease. Addressing the crowd at the Inauguration of the National Dialysis Unit at Motebang Government Hospital in Hlotse, Leribe on Friday. He said among the […]
MINISTER COMPLIMENTS PBF IN HEALTH FACILITIES
The Deputy Minister of Health, Mrs. Manthabiseng Phohleli says ever since they adopted Performance Based Financing (PBF) strategy in 2014 targeting some of the hospitals, they have witnessed improvement in team work and effective service delivery among the employees. Mrs. Phohleli said this on Thursday during a one day workshop held at Blue Mountain Inn, […]
CONTINUE DISSEMINATING HIV/AIDS MESSAGES – HEALTH MINISTER
There is need to continue disseminating HIV/AIDS messages across the country so as to enhance prevention measures as well as to put to an end the scourge of the pandemic. The Minister of Health, Mr. Nkaku Kabi expressed this views when closing Lesotho-Based HIV Impact Assessment (LePHIA) final results dissemination held in Maseru on Wednesday. […]
