Malawi government says it has finally managed to secure K13 billion in donor money to resuscitate the ailing public hospitals, including the buying of enough food so that patients can have three meals a day. Adrian Chikumbe, spokesman for ministry of health could not however disclose the donors but said they money would be given […]
Christian Health Association of Malawi (CHAM) says its services in rural areas is being compromised by government failure to repay a debt of K400 million for two years now. CHAM chairman Father Peter Mulomole said this on Wednesday in Mangochi at the start of the organisation’s annual general meeting. Mulomole said there was an agreement, […]
Malawi government has set up plans to privatise some service in public hospitals in improve healthcare as part of public reforms aimed at improving efficiency and quality services, President Peter Mutharika has said. Mutharika speaking in an interview on BBC’s flagship interview program, HardTalk, said his government will soon start putting public hospitals into private hands. […]
Patients at Nsanje District Hospital have now resorted to go begging for food in surrounding villages following hospital management decision to stop provision of breakfast and lunch. Nsanje District Hospital has joined a string of public hospitals that have discontinued provision of free food to patients due to lack of money following huge budgetary cuts. […]
Minister of Health Peter Kumpalume on Wednesday suspended some of his official duties to make an impromptu visit to Bwaila Hospital in Lilongwe where four hospital workers were earlier arrested on medical drug theft suspicion. Kumpalume warned the government would take drastic action against any health worker involved in drug thefts, saying this was putting […]
Minister of Health Peter Kumpalume says he will meet all district health officers to get first hand information on the fast collapsing public health services in Malawi and chat the way forward. Kumpalume said he would like to meet all district health officers to tell them to exercise prudence and make good priorities as the […]
On 21st October 2015 I nearly lost my life due to my toothache problem. I went to our biggest Government referral hospital, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Malawi’s commercial City, Blantyre on 20th October around 11:00 pm to get some medical help because I couldn’t bear the excruciating pain that I was going through anymore. The pain which was […]
Malawi has three dentists only in public hospitals, a situation that is hampering government efforts to improve oral health, minister of Health Peter Kumpalume has said. Speaking in Lilongwe during the launch of National Oral Health Week, Kumpalume said the government is discussing with other stakeholders to train more dentists in Tanzania to cope up […]
Southern Region Water Board has disconnected water at Zomba Central Hospital due to a staggering K6 million unpaid bill, putting pressure on patients and guardians as public hospitals in Malawi continue to collapse rapidly due to cash flow problems at Capital Hill, the seat of government. Southern Region Water Board publicist Macdonald Phiri confirmed in […]
Government has come under intense pressure to resuscitate the collapsing public health service by improving the welfare of both health workers and patients. This was a message sent on Friday by public hospital workers in Lilongwe, Dowa and Nkhata Bay. The health workers that included doctors and nurses, marched peacefully from Kamuzu Central Hospital to […]
Health minister has said government is worried that the number of women visiting Christiam Health Association of Malawi (CHAM) hospitals has significantly dropped because of high fees the facilities are charging. This has triggered new fears of high mortality rates which the government said recently was going down. Speaking in Parliament, the minister Peter Kumpalume […]
Hundreds of people have marched in the northern region district of Rumphi to protest against the starvation of patients in Malawi’s public hospitals. The peaceful protestors clad in black attire, organised by the district’s civil society network, blamed government for what they called “death of healthcare system.” The protesters were also angry at what they […]
Minister of Health Peter Kumpalume has told parliament a court injunction obtained by a nurses body and the subsequent protracted court battle might delay the hiring of 200 nurses for public hospitals. Kumpalume said this Tuesday when former vice president Khumbo Kachale, who is also Mzimba south MP, on a point of order, asked the […]
Over 300 nurses who were supposed to sit for interviews Tuesday to get employment in public hospitals will have to wait a little longer as Nurses and Midwives Organisation of Malawi has obtained a court injunction against the holding of the interviews. Dorothy Ngoma, executive director of National Organisation of Nurses and Midwives confirmed Monday […]
Malawi’s major central hospital, Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe has suspended its laboratory services just weeks after it closed down its x-ray operations, a sign that health services in this impoverished nation are collapsing. A memo seen by Nyasa Times from Hospital director Jonathan Nkhoma to members of staff says all patients seeking lab services […]
Police in Chitipa have arrested a 53 old man on suspicion that he stole medical drugs from public hospital worth K900 000, just days after the US envoy to Malawi threatened her country would stop its malaria drug aid package unless theft is curbed. Police said they were tipped by well wishers that Joel Msiska […]
Malawi’s minister of Health Peter Kumpalume says the government has now a budget that can employ 51 medical doctors but has ruled out enticing those that have found jobs in Lesotho to rescind their decision. Twenty one of the 51 doctors have found jobs in Lesotho attracting criticism and uproar from the public as government […]
Some maternal health experts are pressing on government to legalise abortion after figures indicate that out of the 70000 abortion cases last year, 33000 involved adolescent girls. Maternal health experts warn this is a staggering figure as it translates into 17per cent of all maternal deaths in Malawi. Adrian Chikumbe, spokesperson for the ministry of […]