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George Bush re-opens Kabwe's Ngungu clinic

George Bush re-opens Kabwe's Ngungu clinic
By Manfred Musanshi
Wed 04 July 2012, 13:24 CAT

EVERY human life is precious, says former US president George W. Bush. Speaking in Kabwe yesterday during the handover of Ngungu Health Centre which was refurbished with his help, Bush said leaders should be moved to act whenever they saw people suffering.

He said he was thankful to be involved in a project that would stand the test of time.

He said he was thrilled to be back to Zambia and to know that the newly-refurbished clinic had given people a chance to live.

Bush officially re-opened the clinic which will offer cervical and breast cancer screening to the local community.

"We are putting up a cervical cancer crusade to save lives because every human life is precious," said Bush.

He said that the commitment to the fight against cervical and breast cancer was real and thanked all partners and people that volunteered to make the work possible.

And Liz Thompson, president of the Susan Komen for the Cure, one of the partners in the Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon campaign and the largest breast cancer organisation in the world, said that cervical cancer could be detected and cured.

"We have to make people realise the need to be screened for cervical cancer," said Thompson.

As Bush officially opened the clinic, a woman of Mukobeko township, Ruth Sichali, gave birth to a baby boy at around 10:10 hours.

The baby was named George, and when notified about it, the former president went to see the baby that was named after him.

Bush returned to Lusaka where he is today expected to meet President Michael Sata before he proceeds to Botswana for a private visit.

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