An ambulance driver in Lilongwe faces dismissal after he cruised past a presidential convoy as he had two critically ill patients – one was on oxygen – on board. He was taking the patients; a child who was on oxygen and a critically anaemic woman to Kamuzu Central Hospital. The police followed the driver up […]
A 37-year-old woman who was diagnosed with brain tumour can now afford a smile after doctors and medical practitioners at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) have this week performed their first ever surgical operation on her since the hospital opened its doors in the 1970s. The complex procedure of removing a brain tumour was performed after […]
Lilongwe City mayor Desmond Bikoko has decried overcrowding in children’s ward coupled with understaffing in the wards, saying this is a case for the high under-five mortality high at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe. Bikoko said this on Tuesday when he led a team of council staff to cheer sick children at the central hospital […]
Lions Club of Capital City, Lilongwe is lobbying with the Lions club international for the construction of a new eye clinic at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH). Speaking when they had a meeting with Lions Club International delegates LCCC district governor for Malawi and Mozambique, Chisomo Gunda said the eye clinic which serves about 7, 000,000 […]
At least 30 medical doctors from United States of America (USA), Brazil and Uganda arrived in Malawi on Monday to provide free medical services at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH), one of the country’s major referral health facilities situated in Lilongwe, the Capital City. They will be at the hospital for one week, complementing efforts of […]
A senior clinal officer at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH), Charles Phiri, arrested for authoring a fake medical report to a Cashgate suspect, has been formally charged at Lilongwe Magistrate court with one count of fabricating evidence contrary to Section 105 (1) of the Penal Code. In a media statement issued by the Anti Corruption Bureau […]
Fount for Nations, a Non-Governmental Organisation in partnership with other companies and individuals have organised an Arts Auctioning Festival aimed at raising funds for the renovation of learning and activity centre at Kamuzu central Hospital in Lilongwe. According to the Organisations Public Relations Officer Francesco John Mpambe, the event is scheduled to take place on 22nd September […]
Ministry of Health and Population on Monday opened six newly constructed operating theaters at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) worth K 2.8 billion from Norwegian Church Aid (NCA). Speaking during the opening ceremony in Lilongwe, Minister of Health and Population, Atupele Muluzi said that the new theaters are a sign of how government is committed to […]
Malawi’s largest referral hospital, Kamuzu Central Hospital has received a K3 billion operation theatre, the first of its kind in the country as for the first time the hospital will have separate operation rooms for children and accident victims. The Norwegian Church Aid has donated the six operation theatre wing which will include one for pediatric, two for orthopedic […]
Over 90 patients are referred to Bwaila District Hospital in Lilongwe from Kamuzu Central Hospital for scanning and x-ray services after the break down of the largest referral hospital’s computerised tomography (CT) scan machine and x-ray machine respectively. The development has forced doctors to guess patient’s ailments or ask them to seek diagnosis from other hospitals. Chiyanjano Kazombo, spokesperson […]
Malawi’s ever increasing population is said to be undermining delivery of health services in the country’s hospitals, to the effect that sometimes the impact is not felt by those receiving the services. Despite the commitment demonstrated by nurses, doctors and health staff in general in caring for the patients, the impact of their efforts is […]
Malawian thieves have become so heartless now to the extent that they have devised a way to even rob off hospital bed ridden patients. A patient at Kamuzu Central Hospital in the Capital City Lilongwe received two visitors whom, though they did not know, they thought was a sympathetic friend of one of their relatives. […]
Director at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) in Malawi’s capital Lilongwe, Dr Jonathan Ngoma has confirmed the two cases of the deadly waterborne disease cholera at the facility. The cholera cases were reported from the highly populated township of Kauma and there are fears other locations of Mtsiriza, Mtandile and Kaliyeka are at risk. Ngoma said […]
Ministry of Health and Population has been advised to always “give attention to detail” to ensure a situation where patients at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) are having to endure additional pain following the breaking down of the elevator does not arise. Adaily newspaper, The Nation, reported that patience are forced to move up and down the […]
Minister of Health and Population, Atupele Muluzi has clarified reports that four babies died at Kamuzu Central Hospital on Christmas Day because of blackout, saying findings have proved that the deaths could not be linked to the power outage. In a statement issues on Wednesday, Muluzi confirmed the deaths of two babies but reject press report that alleged deaths […]
Power failure at Malawi’s major referral Kamuzu Central Hospital in the capital Lilongwe on Christams Day resulted in the death of four children as the ventilator oxygen machine was rendered ineffective. Member of Parliament for Kasungu West (Malawi Congress Party – MCP), Alex Major said he was at the hospital when power went off, saying […]
Medical Research studies conducted at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) has shown that 15 percent of the clients who visit the facility have hepatitis. Zone Health Supervisor for the Ministry of Health in the South East Zone, Dr Malangizo Mbewe, disclosed this on Saturday during the World Hepatitis Day commemoration in Chikwawa district whose theme was […]
Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Health Juliana Lunguzi has told Parliament some of the miseries at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) in Lilongwe, saying 13 people have died in four months due to lack of surgery materials known as sutures. “The report I have from Kamuzu Central Hospital say 13 people have died within four months […]