More at risk of preventable deaths: Malawi hospitals facing services scale-down
Malawi public hospitals in districts are facing financial problems and they are scaling down services which medical experts have said will potentially lead to more preventable deaths.
One of the hospital which is scaling its services is Chiradzulu, where District Health Officer , Dr Chinomba Gama in a letter to Secretary of Health in the Ministry of Health, informs that the decisionnot to offer some crucial services is due to “severely inadequate financial resources.”
According to the letter seen by Nyasa Times, the Chiradzulu District Hospital benefits from NORAD funding and the last time they received was in April, 2015.
Ministry of Health has also not given Chiradzulu its funding fro May and June.
Dr Gama said the situation was also the same in many other district hospitals.
He said the situation will create “poor quality of health services which will lead to increased number of preventable death that will happen if nothing is done about the current financial status.”
Chiradzulu like many other district hospitals cannot afford fuel for the staff bus, unable to run the fleet of ambulances, food rationing for patients, unable to pay Locum allowances for nurses and clinicians.
Health Parliamentary Committee Chairperson Juliana Lunguzi said she is receiving phone calls from district health officer across the country that “patients are getting one meal a day; Mangochi has parked its ambulances, Lilongwe is providing one meal a day, everywhere people are struggling.”
Recently the Finance Ministry spokesperson Nations Msowoya said government was disbursing resources to the DHOs according to what was allocated in the budget.
Kodi a Kapito alipo Ku Malawi?
Which DHO can call a nurse like you. A shadow minister amenewo. Badikirani…………Sonkherananitu ma allowance aja mwadya 9 weeks. That’s what happens with Cash Budget. The whole shadow minister does not know this………………….Shame………Just tell the Malawi nation the truth not politicking
tikhonza kuyankhula izi ndi izo koma tonse tikutha psyiti. Sizinafike pakolasi,zipani zilamulira zambiri palibe chitazasinthe,watch out yesu akubwela posachedwa.
Tidapita pa chipatala chodziwika cha m’boma la Zomba.Adalemba bwino lomwe mankwala amphumu(sulbutamol), adatipatsa bactrim ndi asprin. Titawafunsa akuluakulu,adangotenga mankwala oyenera nkutipatsa.Akumidzife tili pavuto lalikulu, TIKUFA!
Pitala ndi alomwe anzake asiye kuba and the rest will follow suit in Malawi.Ngati kuba kumayamba ndi anthu akuluakulu with all the benefits under their feet,what do you expect from an ordinary struggling worker?Its has become a norm in the civil service to steal to make ends meet.
Peter mwalephera boma tangochokaniponi pampandopo
The Health sector in Malawi is crap.Very few doctors to carter for the bulging population.Some crooked pharmacists sell drugs to private hospitals.No proper funding to hospitals since everybody in higher positions is concerned with self enrichment.Poor diet for patients.Hospitals are killing grounds in Malawi.Nothing is working in this impoverished country.Lunguzi pump some senses into these dunderheads.They don’t seem to have any idea on health sector.They are politicising everything.
But closely monitor the so called health worker not to be stealing drugs yet the hospitals are struggling.
Kunonso ku Karonga a chipatala afika pena pake poti ay, zosayenda. Kukhalira kupemphesa koma ili ofesi ya boma. A Malawi, kuba tisiye. A ndale musiyenso dyera kuti ndarama zizipezeka. Anthu opeza bwino azilipiranso.
Iwe N0:21 ngati umadya nowo mamphemvupevu khala chete ndizokhudza amphawife izi osoti agulukunyinda ngati inu ndi mbava zopanda chisoni zinzakozo.
vuto ndilotu anthu ogwira ntchito akumabamo mankhwara chinanso ma Nurse sakuchita bwino akulephera kusamalira odwala ali ndi chipongwe kuzanso kuba too much ndiye Boma mufufuze ngat apezeka otere achosedwe mutipase malo ot tizikatha kudandawula chakudya chimakhalako chokwanira koma anthuwa vuto amachigawana mpofunika pa khare sercurity yokwanira
MANKHWALA ALIMO AMBIRI MZIPATALA KOMA POLITICS IKUONONGA ZINTHU .POSACHEDWAPA TIKUVA KUTI AMALAWI PHAMARCY AND POISON BOARD ATENTHA MANKHWALA ANDALAMA ZOKWANA MA MILLION MWAKUTI ZACHISONI. MONTHLY REPORT YAMANKHWALA IMAPITA KWANDANI ,NGATI SIMUDZIWA KAGAWIDWE KAMANKHWALA FUSANI ANZANU .
Mzipatala mankhwala alipo bvuto lili kwa ogwira ntchito
Malawians are watching very closely until 2018.
Ndiye pajatu akuti mpaka 2024.Munyadi amalawinu
WASTED GENERATION
Can research or audit be done to find out what is causing all this. There is a lot of corruption in purchases of drugs and appropriate use of vehicles. further more theft of drugs from government hospitals.
Ambulances parked yes nanga without fuel ziyenda bwanji kutolera ma patients a very sad development amidst the myopic ruling DPP
Juliana those are your fellow nurses they want you back to assist them taking care of wounds.
But what is the problem you DPP government? Is it that we have no funds or your have finished them all during your frequent parties and banquants? If this the case now, what will happen when hunger strike later in the year? Who will survive in this stolen government?
Where are the Civil Society now? Have you been palm oiled for taking no action at all yet you are there to defend and protect human rights? Dont you see that people are dying and human rights are being violeted here? Please act now before more people are buried earlier than their due time.
Let us wake up guys this is our country. I remember the Zambian president who said the Malawi leader, Bingu was ruling dead people and he was very right, We are dead indeed.
timva kuwawa sitinati kusamva a Malawi……
Koma Julie, Banja ukazalifuna lemme know, i will be waiting for you!
You ain’t seen nothing!!!!!!!
Let every citizen start paying tax, this is a result of free medical treatment in Malawi
Dont cry now ndizomwe mkafuna ife tonse tikanakhala ngati anzathu aku mpoto pitala sakanawina koma zomwezo zakuti chipani cha kwathu ndiye musalire pano inu amalawi opusa kukamvotera pitala zoona. hehehehehehehehehehehehede ndinachita bwino kusavota nawo.
Does not make sense to be celebrating independence day spending MK300,000,000
while the state is health in the country is in a mess. A government need to assess its priorities again and place what matters the most first.
This is the government of Ben Phiri at work.
How could Goodal Gondwe not envisage this situation?
yes ndi zoona coz we voted for them to construct banquete halls! let us all die so that these ppo can wine and dine to d max!
But am surprised, when the problem is with monistry of Education, u always point fingers at the minister Dr Fabiano that he is the one causing as if the problems have started during his time, now its the ministry of health, why cant u do same, ask the Minister of health Dr Jean Kalilani to quit as you does with the minister of education. Hayyy!!! Am talking to YOU!!
But to my surprise how does the minister feels at this extent? i wish Juliana could replace the current sitting Minister of Health.This is unfair at 51 independent.Work up Malawi.See my name.
I was for this government, now i see that it is too much. Anthuwa ndiakuba………… Tiyeni tiwapane. They are thieves. Now i completely loose trust to these people
Meanwhile, we are busy happily allocating funds for construction of banqueting halls at State House. Zoona zimenezi aMalawi anzanga?