Recently there has been a lot of discussion and debate on the intention of government to introduce user fees in all public hospitals in the country. Some are for it while others are against it, based on where you gather your evidence. This is not a new phenomenon. In fact, some claim that this is […]
Malawi’s government hospitals are experiencing critical shortages of medicines putting the health of patients at risk forcing some hospitals to turn patients away. Health Rights Education Programme (HREP) executive director Maziko Matemba, has since said the lack of drugs posed a danger to the citizenry. According to published report, some of the worst affected district […]
Malawi government has introduced user fees for walk in patients in major public hospitals who seek treatment without being referred by either nearest health facilities which is pegged at K1500 per patient. Minister of Health Dr Jean Kalirani disclosed recently that government will introduce paying fees in all its public hospitals be used to finance […]
The Blantyre Police is keeping in custody a man who they are yet to give out his particulars, for allegedly being found conducting in a manner that showed that he is a practicing doctor at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital. An eye witness revealed that the man was caught Sunday in the Children (Orthopedic) Ward at the referral […]
The Malawi government says it will introduce paying fees in all its public hospitals be used to finance a health fund, Minister of Health Dr Jean Kalirani has disclosed. Cabinet was currently working on the prices for the user fees “to help improve health service delivery.” Malawi’s government hospitals offer free services to the citizenry. […]
A team of medical laboratory sciences graduates from the University of Malawi (Unima) are facing dire unemployment hurdles, with some still gallivanting in the streets eleven months after getting their honours degrees. Nyasa Times has established that the Ministry of Health (MoH) has no posts for the graduates at a time when countries world over […]
Malawi Malaria cases in the country have drastically dropped, Minister of Health Jean Kalirani on Thursday told Malawi Parliament during her ministerial statement. “Despite the disease continuing to be a significant public health challenge for Malawi and accounting for 22 percent of all in-patient deaths in the 2013/14 fiscal year, the incidences of malaria have […]
Malawi Government has warned its employees in the health sector to expect a delay in the payments of their February salaries and nurses have since bemoaned the sad development. According to a Memo from the Secretary for Health, a Mr. B.K Chapalapata to all district and central health directors and officers, the salary delay is […]
A man accused of posing as a medical doctor at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) in Lilongwe has pleaded guilty after being formally charge at Lilongwe Magistrate Court on Thursday. Rasford Gogoda pleaded “guilty” when he appeared before Lilongwe Magistrate Court. He asked to be released on bail by the court refused his bid. It emerged […]
Guzani Banda is a visually impaired person in the area of Senior Chief Mwadzama and he is currently living positively after he was diagnosed as HIV positive at Benga Health Centre in Nkhotakota. Although he is currently living positively, the man says he was irritated with medical staff who conducted his HIV testing and counseling. […]
The Ministry of Health has expressed concern over power outage that has affected health service delivery in the country. Speaking on the development to the Malawi News Agency (Mana) on Wednesday, Ministry of Health Public Relations Officer (PRO) Henry Chimbali said health services have not been spared from these outages he however said the Ministry […]
The Blantyre Magistrate’s Court has sentenced one more bogus ‘Doctor Wongani Kumbukani Kandulu’ to six years Imprisonment with Hard Labour (IHL). The sentence comes barely two weeks after another, illegally using the name Dr Zizwani Mwafulirwa’s but his real name is John Ben Kamanga, was also given similar custodial sentence by the same court. Both […]
Malawi Police in Lilongwe have arrested Lansford Gogoda aged 26 who was masquerading as a medical doctor despite that he was unqualified. It is reported that nurses were unable to read some of the medical reports he had compiled after having treated patients and this raised more suspicions. Gogoda is said to have raised more […]
A mortuary in the central region district of Salima risk closure as the facility has overstayed without undergoing a major maintenance in order to prolong its lifespan as sometimes ‘fridge failure’ meant mourners seeing appalling changes to deceased appearances. Salima District Health Officer (DHO) Dr Michael Kayange confirmed that indeed the mortuary is in need […]
Malawi government officials have dismissed as untrue rumours that Nkhatabay Hospital was treating a man who had contracted the Ebola virus. Reports indicated Nkhatabay district hospital were treating Ebola patient who had boarded MV Ilala motor ship at Cobue port in Mozambique. He reportedly started showing signs and symptoms of the disease as the ship […]
The World Bank is expected to give Malawi US$7 million to enable the southern African country to scale-up its efforts to prevent Ebola viral disease. Secretary for Health Chris Kang’ombe said Friday in the capital Lilongwe that the money would be used, among others, to buy protective clothing for health workers and setting up holding […]
A 2013/2014 Malawi Service Provision Assessment (MSPA) report has shown that the majority of local health facilities face many challenges ranging to lack of basic amenities necessary for good quality care as four in 10 facilities do not have regular electricity and two thirds do not have a client latrine. Many essential medications are available […]
The Civil Servants Trade Union (CSTU), National Organisation of Nurses and Midwives of Malawi (NONM) and the Medical Doctors Union of Malawi (MDUM) have given government a seven day ultimatum to resume talks on the welfare of the health workers in the country. Among other things, the bodies wrote government to improve the salaries, risk […]