Calm returns at Kamuzu Central Hospital after patients vocal protests

Calm has returned at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe after patients on Friday staged a vocal protest because there was no nurse in Ward 4B on Thursday night.

A ward at KCH

The patients claimed two patients died because of lack of care as there was no nurse on duty.

Hospital director Dr Jonathan Ngoma however said only one patient died.

He confirmed there was no nurse on night duty on Thursday.

“I think there was communication break down. The nurse who was on duty did not communicate with management that she was not showing up for duties,” he said.

However, very surprisingly, Dr Ngoma seemed to be backing the lack of discipline by the nurse by absconding from duty, saying nurses suffer fatigue because they look after 100 patients in a day than the recommended international figure of 12.

“The government should just employ more nurses. We are abusing these nurses,” said Ngoma, begging the question why can’t the nurses resign and join the private hospitals where they can get lucrative pay and look after the recommended number of patients.

Ngoma also doubted if the patient died because of lack of a nurse saying the boy had been sick since December and his organs died long ago and was expected to die.

Malawians complain that medical practitioners in public hospitals can sometimes be rude and do not treat patients, who are mostly the poor, with respect.

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gadaffi
gadaffi
6 years ago

kamuzu central ndi mbiri zonyasa dzulo pa 18 may 2017 agwira DR ndi mankhwala pa gate kma Dr ngoma anangoti usazayambiletso kma anakakhala mwana bwenzi atamchosa kma poti ndi senior dr mzake osapangapo kanthu .the minister of healyh why r u keeping this Director ? ngoma hsa failed to runn the affairs of the hospital.pple will speak 2019 bcoz mkumtsunga bcoz anakuthandizani tikudziwa zomwe anakupangirani

Hoosen
Hoosen
6 years ago

Dont blame de nurse or de doctoctors. De pblm z DPP gvmnt. Its a gvmnt dat does nt cares abt malawians. They dont ve proper stratgy on how to uplift ppl’s welfare. Waste of time n money

chipatso mbewe
chipatso mbewe
6 years ago

Nawonso ndi anthu a Nurse amatopa, ndiye tsiku limeneli, amene anayenera kubwerayo anatopa chabe kuti sanapeleke excuse of her not coming to work. Ankapuma kunyumba kwake. Maybe enanu simunawone mmene kumakhalira ku ward ya ana ija. Sorry kuti zinthu zinayenda momwe zinayenderamo, tiyeni tikhululuke.

zanga phee
zanga phee
6 years ago

Owoo ameyembekezera kufa , ndiye njira yake I khale I meneyi??? very shame!

Wa misses
Wa misses
6 years ago

That is the sign of lack of leadership from top to bottom. Ask the president of Tanzania. Ur president prof. Mutharika does not know what to do.

Wa misses
Wa misses
6 years ago

That is the sign of lack of leadership from top to bottom. Ask the president of Tanzania. Ur president prof. Mutharika is does not know what to do.

mike Jones
mike Jones
6 years ago

talk about mapwefupwefu first at plot number 1 to pack up his bags because he is the cause of all this mess.

Hatton
Hatton
6 years ago

Madam Ngoma, have you forgotten the medical ethics? How can you, in the name of medical ethics, disclose the patient’s ailment without their consent? This is very disgracing. I hope and belief the Ministry of Health will revoke your licences and certificates. You do not deserve to work anywhere near medical profession; you are a disgrace. You said “the boy was to die”, are you not going to die yourself? Why are you taking ARVs everyday?
Please Ministry of Health, do away with this woman, Malawi will not even miss her just like amache anathawa aja.

Sing'anga
Sing'anga
6 years ago
Reply to  Hatton

Apa nde this is unrelated – ur addressing the wrong Ngoma n has nothing to do with anything. Bwana ngoma amakamba za prognosis – sizukhudzana ndi ma arv mukunenawo mwangofuna Kupanga divulge information yosayenera

Dr Tambala
Dr Tambala
6 years ago

most of the people complaining here work a regular shift 7.30-5pm job in a company where there are no vacancies and understand how it feels to cover other peoples shifts. Dr Ngoma has offered a solution-give him more nurses!!! koma inu you want the few remaining nurses to work themselves into exhaustion and death!

Chikulumwagaya
6 years ago

zosakhala bwino

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