Because most patients have stopped coming here and have gone to private clinics. Since January last year, UTH has operated on a monthly budget but allocations are only made when the government has the revenue to spend, resulting in serious shortfalls for the hospital. If you want quality you need to have the money to buy it. With erratic funding most of the important drugs were not being bought. The situation at UTH is symptomatic of a wider health crisis confronting Zambia.
Debt servicing absorbs more than health and education spending combined.
Protests and strikes in Tunisia Centring on the large cities and many small towns of Tunisia, demonstrations and strikes have caused turmoil in this small North African country. The demonstrations by high school students and the unemployed, with support from the rest of the population, have violently attacked all symbols of the government and erected checkpoints, burnt tyres, and vandalised cars. The demonstrators have clashed with the police, resulting in many casualties, and sometimes forcing them to make a retreat. Their slogans have condemned the rise in the price of basic food products, the deterioration of purchasing power, and the rise of unemployment, but also expressed their resentment towards public authorities and the spread of corruption. The strike was motivated by the implementation of a new driving code, which institutes an additional commercial vehicle driving licence.