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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>Unemployed Doctors protest again UNEMPLOYED doctors in Lusaka have again staged a protest in a bid to press government to offer them jobs. The agitated doctors who gathered at Ministry of Health headquarters told diamond news that government\u2019s silence on their concerns is worrying.<\/p>\n

Unemployed doctors Chairperson Dr. Wallace Ndumba also expressed concern that police have denied them permission to match to state house, to petition president Hakainde Hichilema.<\/p>\n

He explains that the 800 doctors he is representing, want the head of state to give a clear roadmap on the recruitment of the 11,200 health workers, announced in the 2022 national budget.<\/p>\n

Last week, Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary For Technical Services, Professor Lackson Kasonka told protesting doctors that the recruitment process was being handled in a systematic manner that will go in tandem with payroll space<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zambia. Unemployed Doctors protest again UNEMPLOYED doctors in Lusaka have again staged a protest in a bid to press government to offer them jobs. The agitated doctors who gathered at Ministry of Health headquarters told diamond news that government\u2019s silence on their concerns is worrying. 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