9 YEAR-OLD BOY LOSES HAND TO CROC ATTACK

By Angela Limwanya

A nine-year-old boy of Nyawa village, in Kazungula district, has lost a right arm after he was attacked by a crocodile while swimming in a river with his friends.

Father to the boy, STANFORD MAKALICHI, has narrated to ZNBC News that OBREY MAKALICHI was only rescued from the Jaws of the crocodile by a passerby who heard a cry for help.

He says unfortunately by the time the boy was retrieved from the water, his right arm was badly damaged.

The boy who is currently at the Livingstone Teaching Hospital was evacuated in the early hours of this morning, with help from the Zambia Flying Doctor Service who are in Nyawa chiefdom for an outreach programme.

And Livingstone Teaching Hospital General Surgeon, MUTUNA CHIWELE, has confirmed to ZNBC News in a telephone interview that the boy was in surgery this morning and his right arm has been amputated.

Dr. CHIWELE says the boy is currently stable and undergoing treatment.

Meanwhile, Chief NYAWA has asked the government to construct more health facilities in his chiefdom, to enable people receive medical care as close to their homes as possible.

Chief NYAWA says his chiefdom has over two hundred thousand people who need medical services.

And Zambia Flying Doctor Services-ZFDS Public Relations Manager, NAMBULA SILILO says the organisation is currently in Kazungula district for an outreach programme providing primary health care in hard to reach places.

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