Teledoctor Zambia launches empowerment drive for Unemployed young Doctors

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Teledoctor Zambia Founder, Professor Wilbroad Mutale, hasecpressed concern over the growing number of unemployed medical graduates in Zambia, describing the situation as a “painful reality” that demands urgent and innovative action.

In a statement issued this week, Prof. Mutale a physician and medical academic said it is disheartening to see talented young doctors, many of whom he mentored and taught, idle due to limited employment opportunities in the health sector.

“There comes a time when silence is no longer wisdom,” he said. “I have watched with pride and pain as our medical education system produces brilliant doctors, yet the system offers them no place to heal.”

In response to this crisis, Teledoctor Zambia, in collaboration with the Resident Doctors Association of Zambia (RDAZ) and the Zambia Medical Association (ZMA), has launched two key initiatives: the Steth Aside Competition and the Healthcare Development and Empowerment Indaba.

Prof. Mutale has explained that the Steth Aside Competition was born out of the frustration and innovation of unemployed doctors who have been forced to set aside their stethoscopes not by choice, but due to lack of opportunities.

“Steth Aside is not a protest it is a proposition,” he said. “We want to hear solutions from young doctors whether it’s in technology, research, entrepreneurship, or cross-sector collaboration. Solutions don’t have to come from the top; they can rise from among us.”

The second initiative, the Healthcare Development and Empowerment Indaba, will bring together key stakeholders including students, unemployed doctors, government officials, private sector players, and financial experts. The aim is to create a practical, people-centered roadmap to unlocking the potential of Zambia’s medical workforce.

“This is not another academic conference,” Prof. Mutale emphasized. “It is a national platform where real conversations and partnerships will happen to move from employment to empowerment.”

The initiatives are timely, he noted, warning that without action, Zambia risks losing a generation of skilled, motivated, but sidelined healthcare professionals.

“To every young doctor: you are not forgotten. To every student: you are not alone. To every stakeholder: thank you for choosing hope,” Prof. Mutale said in closing. “Let us not mourn what is broken, but build what is possible for God and country.”

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