Medics in the country are expressing concern over continued harassment of health workers due to misconception over Covid-19 matters. The Society of Medical Doctors (SMD) is worried with continued mistreatment of health care workers by some guardians of Covid-19 patients. SMD president Victor Mgonjetsi Mithi has dismissed rumours orchestrating abuse of health workers which include […]
Government has fired controversial Umodzi Party president John Chisi as chairperson for Medical Council of Malawi just days after announcing that he has severed his ties with the ruling party. Chisi announced last week that he would support Tonse Alliance presidential candidate Lazarus Chakwera during the Constitutional Court sanctioned presidential election slated for July 2. […]
Medical Council of Malawi on Tuesday morning appeared before parliament’s Health Committee where a wide range of issues were discussed. Members of the Health Committee were shocked to learn of a negligent incident at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre where uterus were being removed from women without their consent. The council intervened after a […]
Malawi Police in Chiradzulu on Thursday arrested a 28-year-old business person for allegedly operating a private clinic without a license. Confirming the arrest on Friday, Chiradzulu Police publicist Sergeant Yohane Tasowana said police received a tip-off that Patrick Manyamba was operating a private clinic called Wales of Joy without a certificate from Medical Council of […]
Medical Council of Malawi (MCM) has disqualified and suspended four clinical officers over alleged unprofessional conduct. A report released by MCM dated March 23 2019 revealed that Annuel Kadyenji has been erased from the register of anaesthetic clinical officers while Andrew Kondwani and Victor Masina have been erased from the register of clinical officers. The […]
Medical Council of Malawi has closed down Kaporo Rural Hospital in Karonga because it is in dilapidated state and dwindling poor state of sanitation and hygiene. Karonga district hospital officer Dr. Fineous Mfune and hospital administrator Clement Gonthi have confirmed the development which has left thousands of people in despair as they have to walk […]
Machinga District Hospital has indefinitely suspended a clinician, just a week after his arrest,on allegations that he took part in the killing MacDonald Masambuka, a young person with albinism whose body was found in the district on Sunday. Machinga District Council director of health and social service Dr Arnold Kapachila says in a statement the […]
Medical practitioner Dr Albert Mkandawire will fight to prove his innocence and has received the support of the Medical Council of Malawi (MCM after a Blantyre –based woman (name shielded), applied to court for to prohibit him from publicising her HIV status. The woman asked the court’s relief against the doctor from physically and verbally abusing […]
A week after the Mchinji First Grade Magistrate sentenced Blessings Chisale who posed as a Medical Doctor at the district hospital to seven years imprisonment with hard labour, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre has registered yet another quack doctor, Zamil Michael, 31. Hospital Administrator Themba Mhango confirmed of the development saying the suspect was apprehended Monday by the hospital’s […]
Medical Council of Malawi (MCM) has moved in to investigate the claims by Dr Nice Oliver, a Rwandan national who is claiming that he is a Korean trained medical doctor. In an interview with Nyasa Times, MCM Registrar and Chief Executive Officer Abel Kawonga said the action by Dr Oliver is tantamount to a criminal offence. “What […]
Malawi Police have arrested another man posing as a doctor was arrested at the country’s major referral centre, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) in Blantyre, barely a fortnight after the arrest of a bogus doctors. According to press reports security guards at the hospital on Monday seized a man suspected to be bogus doctor who […]
The Rwandan-born Dr Nice Oliver, who claimed that he is a South Korean trained physician is currently outside the country for paperwork, Nyasa Times understands. Nice was detained and questioned by Lilongwe Police for posing as a physician and operating a clinic, Vigen Medical without proper academic papers. He was also claiming that he is […]
A 65-year-old ‘clinician’ is in police custody in the lakeshore district of Mangochi for causing death of a person at his clinic. Eastern Region Police spokesperson Inspector Thomeck Nyaude identified the suspect in an interview with Nyasa Times as Jailosi Amili of Mponela Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Makanjila in the district. He said the suspect, […]
Medical Council of Malawi (MCM)has complained that lack of punitive laws to deal with medical practitioners is fuelling the illegal presence of clinics in the country. MCM said in a statement following Chikhwawa First Grade Magistrate Court ordered a 39 year old to pay a fine of K15, 000 or on default to serve an […]
Medical Council of Malawi (MCM) has expressed worry over the boom of unlicensed people serving as medical practitioners in rural areas and have advised local leaders to help expose such persons. MCM Inspections Officer Richard Ndhlovu said in an interview in Salima, Tuesday, on the sidelines of a sensitisation meeting for local leaders and Members […]
Medical Council of Malawi (MCM) says it is surprised and worried that people in the northern region do not report illegal health facilities and any malpractices by medical practitioners. MCM’s Registrar Kondwani Mkandawire on Friday told traditional leaders and heads of sectors in Rumphi District that the council was surprised because it has never received […]
Dr Dan Namarika, who was personal physician for the late president Bingu wa Mutharika, has been summoned by Medical Council of Malawi (MCM) to appear before its disciplinary committee to answer charges of negligence on how he handled the deceased after his collapse at the New State House in Lilongwe last April. Namarika was criticised […]
The Medical Council of Malawi is to begin a disciplinary examination of the role of late president Bingu wa Mutharika;s physician , Dr Dan Namarika, criticised by an official Commission of Inquiry into circumstances surrounding the death of former president, which was released on Wednesday. Namarika is accused of unprofessional conduct on the way he […]