Just after winning the election to replace Sata, Lungu underwent medical tests at Lusaka Trust Hospital and Maina Soko Military Hospital, both of which are within a short distance from the presidential palace in the Woodlands district of the capital city. 
Kabla ya kushinda uchaguzi na kumrithi Sata, Lungu alifanya uchunguzi wa afya kwenye hospitali ya Lusaka Trust pamoja na Hospitali ya Kijeshi ya Maina Soko, zote zikiwa umbali mdogo tu kutoka yalipo makazi ya rais, ikulu, wilaya ya Woodlands jijini Lusaka.