Karonga District Hospital officials have confessed that the hospital has privatized some of its services including a mortuary due to lack of resources and that embalming services is now charged at a fee of K10 000. The officials made the confession after being summoned by the Catholic Commission for Justice (CCJP) of Karonga Diocese. Karonga […]
The construction of the long-awaited $22 million Phalombe district hospital has started with President Peter Mutharika laying a foundation stone commissioning construction works at Migowi in the district and the Kuwaiti building contractor has been given 10 months deadline to complete the project. President Mutharika said his government understands the importance of health services hence […]
Two health rights organizations have called for improved quality service delivery for hepatitis patients saying the current treatment patients are receiving is of poor standard. Speaking during a news conference in Chikwawa on Monday, President for Save Your Liver Foundation, Ellos Lodzeni and Executive Director for Patients and Community Welfare in Malawi, Amade Alide, said […]
Malawi Government is targeting over 10 million children in 2017 Measles-rubella vaccine campaign which is set for 12 to 16 June this year. The integrated Measles-rubella campaign has included three interventions; measles-rubella vaccination targeting at least 7.9 million children aged nine months to 15 years, Vitamin A supplementation targeting about 2.7 million children aged 6-59 […]
The Phalombe Second Grade Magistrate Court has convicted and sentenced a 30-year-old hospital janitor to five years imprisonment with hard labour (IHL) for theft. The court slapped Omali Maiteni with jail term for stealing medical supplies at Phalombe Health Centre. Police arrested Maiteni on May 20th this year on his way to Mulanje district, following a […]
People of Karonga in collaboration with the Catholic Commission Justice and Peace (CCJP) – Karonga Diocese have expressed dissatisfaction with the manner health care services are delivered to them in the district. Presenting the petition to the District Commissioner through the Karonga District Council chambers on Monday, CCJP project coordinator Louis Nkhata decried lack of […]
Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) in Blantyre has temporarily shut down its dialysis unit because of non payment of materials to suppliers Fresenius Medical Care of South Africa , putting lives of patients with renal failure and other kidney problems at risk. QECH is the country’s major referral public hospital but is unable to help […]
Malawi’s Ministry of Health has warned the public to be on the guard following the outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever that has been reported in nearby neighbouring country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In a press statement released by Chief of Health Services Dr. Charles Mwansambo on Wednesday May 17 2017, said so […]
The Blantyre District Health Officer (DHO) has tipped Malawians on hospital operations as regards to patient consultation saying many people jump to conclusions that medical personnel do not attend to them on time. In an interview Dr Medson Matchaya stipulated that work in public hospitals normally starts at 7:30am however, operations start with other activities […]
Finance, Economic Planning and Development Minister Goodall Gondwe has said government has no money to increase the drub budget for the public hospitals as the district health offices have exhausted their budget and some are accessing medical supplies on credit from the Central Medical Stores Trust (CMST). There are three months before the hospitals can get fresh budget […]
Minister of Health Peter Kumpalume has taken it upon himself to investigate serious allegations that medical personnel at Kasungu District Hospital rejected a blood donation of 100 people because there was no allowance. This was after 100 youths of the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) church central region travelled to the district hospital to donate blood […]
Government through the Ministry of Health has assured the general public that the country has adequate Anti-Malarial Drugs – Artemether Lumefantrine (LA) in its health facilities and central level warehouses that could take the country through to December, 2017. According to a statement by the Chief of Health Services in the Ministry of Health Dr […]
United States government, through its embassy in Lilongwe, has expressed discontent over the manner the Malawi government has treated employees of the Ministry of Health who embezzled money for the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) HIV and Aids project. About 63 officers from the Ministry of Health were suspended for allegedly embezzling project funds meant […]
Malawi government is facing challenges to fight malaria that kills many people every day, with the news about the acute shortage of anti-malarial drugs in the country. Ministry of Health spokesperson Adrian Chikumbe confirmed that public health facilities have run out of the essential drugs such as Lumerfantrine Artemether commonly known as LA. Chikumbe blamesd responsible […]
Minister of Health Dr. Peter Kumpalume has hailed the Results Based Financing for Maternal and Neo-Natal Health (RBF4MNH) initiative which he said is greatly improving the delivery of quality martenal health services in the country. The recommendations were made at the dissemination of results for the RBF4MNH meeting marking the completion of Cycle 12 held […]
Dedza east parliamentrian Juliana Lunguzi of opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has said it is disturbing that public hospitals have run out of drug budgets. Lunguzi, a nurse by profession, said this in parliament when she was contributing on the mid year budget statement. “This is serious, it is people who are suffering out there,” […]
Health minister Peter Kumpalume has fired warning shots to health workers who abscond and report for work late, saying enough is enough. Kumpalume said he has received numerous reports on the issue and has instructed the ministry to act swiftly on the matter by disciplining the concerned staff. He said this in parliament in Lilongwe […]
Most district public hospitals have run out of essential medical drugs as DHOs have exhausted their budget allocations for buying drugs for 2016/17 financial year. Health ministry spokesperson Adrian Chikumbe confirmed that most hospitals have run out of medical drug stocks. “This is very serious indeed. The ministry will be meeting other stakeholders to see […]