The major sewer pipe at Zambia’s main referral hospital, UTH, burst on Friday posing a risk for water borne diseases, just two days after key sections were shut due to a water crisis at the institution.
President Michael Sata was forced to make an impromptu visit to check on the water crisis but hours after he left the institution another major problem emerged.
The sewer pipe near the maternity wing burst spilling out waste onto the surface as fears emerge that the situation would deteriorate by spreading water borne diseases such as dysentery and cholera.
Following President Sata’s visit, the Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company (LWSC) decided to take over the operations of the internal water reticulation system at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH).
On Thursday, the hospital’s public relations manager Pauline Mbangweta has confirmed the water crisis at the institution heaping the blame on Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company (LWSC).
Mbangweta said the institution started experiencing water blues three months ago and that the taps have been producing less water until now that the taps are completely drying up.
Sources are now disclosing that there is a management crisis at the referral institution which if not urgently addressed will cause serious disaster soon.