Livingstonia University student dies due to binge drinking

A third year student at Livingstonia University in Rumphi has died after drinking beer excessively on an empty stomach, Malaiw Police have confirmed.

While confirming the development to Nyasa Times, Rumphi Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) Tupeliwe Kabwilo identified the deceased as Emmanuel Phiri from Nkhoma Village   in Lilongwe  district .

“He was a third year student at the University and it is believed that the deceased was a habitual drunkard who used to take alcohol on an empty stomach,” said Kabwilo.

According to sketchy details, on October 10 2018, Phiri spent the whole day drinking beer without eating anything and later in the evening he fell ill.

“He became unconscious due to nose and mouth bleeding. This forced his fellow students with assistance from Lecturers to take him to Gordon Mission Hospital where he later suddenly died in the process of  getting blood transfusion,” said the Police Publicist.

Postmortem conducted revealed that the death was due to ‘Hypoglycemia’.

Police are therefore warning the general public particularly the youth to quit the behaviour of excessive drinking or avoid taking alcohol on an empty stomarch as a measure of reducing similar cases in the future.

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Ndendeuli
Ndendeuli
5 years ago

He died due to hunger osati mowa

Chigwere
Chigwere
5 years ago

He is not Tumbuka hence comments seems to be sympathetic. Bigots

Vyanunkha
Vyanunkha
5 years ago

Iii koma njala yafika poopsa pa Malawi, mpaka ophunzira kumamwalira chonchi? Boma lichitepo kanthu ndithu

binge
binge
5 years ago

the guy had some medical conditions, which started way back…..in short he had liver problems …..

HoRRor
HoRRor
5 years ago

VUNGUVUNGU/THUNDA. koma nthawi ya ife tinkaphikisa nsima kwa mayi ankati anya…………ri

Gold digger
Gold digger
5 years ago

Comments are well guarded because his tribe does not begin with T

machine
machine
5 years ago

you have no idea of what this guy was…he was a very good doctor a good friend of mine.some thing came up into his life am sure of that. and he gave up.he was one of those clean admirable guys i knew.RIP Manzy we shall always mis you brah

kavibangwa
kavibangwa
5 years ago

Yes the guy gave up the ghost due to hunger and not beer, he would have died earlier but the beer gave him some sustenance to hold on for some time. osamayipisa mbiri ya mowa.

Mmalawi okwiya
Mmalawi okwiya
5 years ago

osati wafa ndi mowa ai koma wafa ndi njala

Honourable
Honourable
5 years ago

koma abale.He was a wasted investment anyway.palibe chomwe makolo ake apindula pa uyu

yosefu mateyu
yosefu mateyu
5 years ago
Reply to  Honourable

Students at Livingstonia university take too much alcohol. They hardly attend classes. There is one Josephy Tembani Blair Mwinuka Mwafulirwa he has been studying at this university for four years now but he is still in second year first semester. He hardly finishes a semester. He drinks, fights and gets suspended. He fails exams and has to repeat courses. I agree with you Honourable most students are just wasting parents money at this institution.

Honourable
Honourable
5 years ago
Reply to  yosefu mateyu

aaah so why are the parents still paying his school fees??he must be a burden

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