Staff at the a major referral hospital in Central Malawi, Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) abandoned work on Tuesday demanding government to revise their allowances and salaries as well as addressing the problems facing the health facility. Workers embarked on a work stoppage on Tuesday as they said they feel cheated that government has not revised […]
Malawi Health Equity Network executive director Martha Kwataine has said the health care system at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) in Lilongwe has turned the facility into “a death trap.” Doctors at KCH are reportedly diagnosing patients using guess work due to lack of essential equipment and the hospital’s laboratory equipment is most times not functional. […]
The Governments of Malawi and the Peoples Republic of China on Friday signed an agreement for the provision of mobile solar power systems worth about K5 billion to be used in the health sector in the country. Speaking during the signing ceremony at the Ministry of Finance in Lilongwe, the Chinese Ambassador to Malawi Zhang […]
Many patients at Zomba Central Hospital (ZCH have been left stranded after the health facility had its water cut off Thursday by the Southern Region Water Board (SRWB) over unpaid bills amounting to K13.5 million. The eastern region’s referal health facility has two accounts; one is for the main and has a bill of K9 […]
A meeting between Malawian doctors and nurses and government hit a snug on Tuesday when high powered state emissaries failed to convince the medical personnel not to go on with their planned strike. The meeting attended by the representatives of both sides including the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) and the Civil Servants Trade Union […]
Global healthcare company Glaxosmithkline (GSK) has urged Malawian doctors and healthcare professionals to re-double efforts in the fight Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). Vice President for East African Cluster and African Government Affairs Dr Allan Pamba made the call from London during a new conference discussing GSK’s first call for research proposals into NCDs with Malawi journalists. […]
Malawi doctors and nurses are planning to go on a nationwide strike demanding government ton increase their allowances and higher pay, a situation that will put further strain on the country’s crumbling public healthcare facilities. The medical personnel are complaining that their salaries have been steadily eroded by the country’s galloping inflation rate and weakening buying power of […]
Hundreds of people living with HIV/AIDS in Kamphata area in Lilongwe, failed to access the life prolonging drug, ARV, last month as clinic officials sent them away to Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH), saying they did not have the drug. Only 45 patients received the ARVs out of 500 patients on the list of patients receiving the […]
Airtel Malawi on Wednesday donated various equipment at Salima District Hospital wealth K2.5 million. Speaking during the ceremony, Airtel Zonal business Manager, Misheck Kabinda said the company decided to donate theatre equipment as part of company’s social responsibility. Receiving the donation, Salima District Health Officer Dr Michael Kayange commended Airtel for the donation saying it will go a […]
Guardians to expectant mothers in the lakeshore district of Nkhotakota on Monday morning marched to the District Commissioner’s office to express their discontentment following a rise in still births at the district’s hospital. The women said at least 13 babies have died in the last week during birth, a figure inside sources at the hospital confirmed […]
The Arab Republic of Egypt on Tuesday donated to Mzuzu Central ophthalmology equipment worth MK60 million as a way of supporting Malawi Government’s bid of ensuring that the country’s health facilities have modern equipment. Handing over the equipment at the hospital, Egyptian Ambassador to Malawi, Maher El-Adawy, said there is need for African Countries to […]
Minister of Health Dr. Jean Kalilani has appealed to all individuals and non – governmental organizations to take Health research findings more purposeful to Malawians. Dr Kalilani made the remarks in Lilongwe at Crossroads Hotel Thursday as she opened the 2014 joint COM-NAC Research and Best Practices Dissemination conference. “It is very commendable to carry […]
US pop diva Madonna on Thursday launched a 50-bed pediatrics ward at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in the commercial capital Blantyre. Raising Malawi director, Sarah Ezzy, said the new facility is the first dedicated pediatric intensive care unit in the country. Ezzy told reporters at the hospital that Raising Malawi, a non-profit charity organization co-founded […]
I flew into Malawi via Kamuzu International Airport a few weeks ago and before being granted entry what I assumed to be healthcare worker stopped and asked me if I had visited West Africa the previous thirty days. I started shaking my head signaling a BIG NO and told the official that I had in […]
Staff from Zomba District Health Office (DHO) on Monday closed offices for the senior officers demanding their immediate removal. The management team include the Principal Health Service Administrator (PHA) John Kachoka, Human Resource Officer Witney Phiri and District Nursing Officer Alinafe Mangulenje. The protesting staff said they were doing that in order for the new DHO Gift […]
Malawi government has denied that there is a suspected case of the Ebola virus at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH). Some media outlets reported that Malawi registered its first Ebola case after a woman with symptoms similar to the disease was referred to QECH on Saturday. But the Ministry of Health has said there are […]
Medical camp to save Malawi government K300 million The East, Central and Southern African Health Community (ECSA-HC) medical/surgical camp which starts Monday at Thyolo hospital has created a twist to the story of fistula disease as a female-only ailment with a male case scheduled for surgery. A group of some 32 medics from the ECSA-HC […]
Kamuzu Central Hospital has suspended all theatre operations and others clinical works that require running water because of water crisis that affected the medical facility . Nyasa Times understands that the water problem started on Sunday night due to a burst pipe. But reports indicate that patients who were scheduled to be operated Monday have been rescheduled […]