“WHEREBY, YOU WERE RECRUITED BY ZAMBIA STATISTICS AGENCY DURING THE 2022 NATIONAL CENSUS. YOU WERE A QUALIFIED REGISTERED NURSE AWAITING DEPLOYMENT WORKING AS A CENSUS ENUMERATOR AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. ON 14TH SEPTEMBER, 2022, MS. VISTER CHIWESHE AGED 28 WHO WAS EXPECTING HER THIRD BABY (GRAVIDA 3) AND IN LATENT PHASE OF LABOR WAS TRAVELLING TO CHIAWA RURAL HEALTH CENTER WHICH IS TWO (2KM) KILOMETERS FROM HER HOME USING A CANTER AS A MEANS OF TRANSPORT. WHEREBY, YOU WERE LODGING AT THE MOTHER’S SHELTER NEAR THE FACILITY WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES. AROUND 13:00HOURS YOU HEARD PEOPLE CALLING FOR HELP AND IMMEDIATELY RUSHED TO THE SCENE. YOU FOUND MS. CHIWESHE IN ADVANCED LABOUR AND HENCE ASSISTED TO CONDUCT THE DELIVERY PROFESSIONALLY ON THE MOTOR VEHICLE YOU SUCCESSFULLY DELIVERED A LIVE FEMALE BABY WITH AN APGAR SCORE OF 9/10 ENSURING THAT ALL HYGIENE AND HEALTH PRECAUTIONS WERE OBSERVED DESPITE THE DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES PREVAILING AT THE MOMENT. YOU THEN PROCEEDED TO THE FACILITY AND HANDED OVER THE LIVE BABY AND MOTHER TO THE HEALTH CENTER STAFF. YOU ARE CONSIDERED A HERO BECAUSE YOU SAVED THE LIVES OF THE MOTHER AND THE BABY BY CONDUCTING A SAFE DELIVERY IN THE COMMUNITY ON THE MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS, THEREBY CONTRIBUTING POSITIVELY TO THE REDUCTION OF MATERNAL AND NEONATAL MORTALITY. YOUR ACT OF BREVITY, KINDNESS POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE SAFE DELIVERY OF THE BABY AND SAVING THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER DESERVES SPECIAL RECOGNITION.”
| Gender | Male |
| Province | — |
| District | — |
| Gazette No. | 679 |
| Gazette Vol. | — |
| Gazette Date | 2023-05-24 00:00:00 |
| Posthumous | No |
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