Health and medical workers in Ntcheu have expressed concern over lack of ambulances in the district as there are only three ambulances to serve 500 000 people. Sources at the district health office said the situation is hampering delivery health services to the people. “We have six ambulances at the district health office but three […]
President Arthur Peter Mutharika says good health is a precondition for development hence the need to seek innovative ways of monitoring and evaluating the country’s health systems to meet people’s needs. Mutharika on Thursday officially launched the Malawi Health Situation Room aimed at strengthening analysis and response within the health systems through the use of […]
Battle lines have been drawn in the civil service as government wants Ministry of Health and Population chief procurement officer Roslyn Kamtambe Mwenye out for turning down demands from others to bend procurement rules in favour of some bidders. Mwenye is said not to be bowing down to the demands of some forces to get […]
Reproductive health rights of women in Malawi is under threat, as supply shortages for contraceptives has hit health facilities across the country as impact of cyclone Idai has disrupted planned delivery from hard-hit Mozambiqur port city of Beira. Ministry of Health and Population said in a published statement that contraceptives such as injectable (Depo-IM), Implanon […]
Minister for Health and Population Atupele Muluzi has said Malawi which has introduced national identity (IDs) and smartcards which has so far captured 10 million of the 17.5 million population, will make record keeping of health services digital to improve efficiency. Speaking at a symposium in Lilongwe on Thursday where healthy sector donors and Ministry […]
Out of at least 12 patients with kidney failure that Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) recruits every month, six come from Dedza alone, a development which has worried stakeholders in the district. KCH, situated in Malawi’s Capital Lilongwe, is a referral hospital serving districts in the country’s Central Region. The bad news from Dedza was revealed […]
Britain through Her Royal Highness Sophie the Countess of Wessex has commended Malawi for eliminating the risk of trachoma, a neglected tropical disease (NTD) that causes blindness, saying the southern African nation has set an important example for other Commonwealth nations to follow. Ministry of Health announced that Malawi had beaten by a year the […]
Lilongwe District Health Office has suspended an ambulance driver pending investigations that he had been using the patients’ vehicle to ferry bricks from Saturday to Sunday. Lilongwe District Health Office spokesperson Richard Mvula confirmed the suspension of the ambulance driver whom he refused to name but said he works at Bwaila Hospital. “The hospital has […]
Friends of Mchinji (FoM), a grouping of people with who come from the district donated various cleaning materials and cheered the patients with groceries at Ludzi Mission Hospital, in the district. FoM President Prince Mlongoti said the grouping decided to as one way of reaching out to the communities on different aspects, having a clean […]
Over 80 doctors are expressing concern that the government is dilly dallying in employing them years after they graduated from College of Medicine. The doctors said they were told to apply for the job in government a year ago but have not heard anything since then. “Most of us are just doing some work in […]
Salima district hospital has made a frantic plea from chiefs to solicit food for patients, saying they are only given one meal a day. District Health Officer Dr. Ivy Chilungulo said this on Tuesday during a full council meeting. Chilungulo said the hospital is failing to buy food because it has no money due to […]
Medical Council of Malawi has finally opened Kaporo Health centre, the seconds biggest public health infrastructure in Karonga after council made improvements on some shortfalls. Karonga district commissioner Richard Hara has confirmed the reopening of the health centre. “This is because we embarked on massive rehabilitation works to improve the health centre. The rehabilitation works […]
Government has bought 12 fully equipped ambulances for road accident victims along the Lilongwe-Blantyrre road. Ministry of Health spokesperson Joshua Malango has confirmed that the government has bought the emergency ambulances which will give first aid to ever rising road accidents on the M1 road. “We have trained over 400 medics and 89 paramedics who […]
Balaka District Hospital (DHO) has been failing to provide X-ray services to patients close to a year after the machine developed a fault, Nyasa Times can reveal. A number of patients who recently visited the facility confirmed to have been refereed and traveled a distance of over 30 kilometers to Machinga District Hospital to access […]
Members of staff at Mwanza District Hospital took to the streets last Friday to present a petition to District Commissioner (DC) demanding Council’s intervention on issues bordering on maladministration by some senior officers at the facility, a development they claimed was affecting service delivery. A copy of the petition contains some key issues which all […]
Minister of Health and Population Atupele Muluzi has expressed the need for the country to establish a strategic plan that would make best use of available energy technologies and distribution to ensure sustainable power in the health sector. Muluzi was speaking on Tuesday in Lilongwe during a National Consultation meeting on Draft Power for Health […]
National Organisation of Nurses and Midwives of Malawi (Nonm) executive committee last week paid a courtesy call to the Minister of Health and Population, Atupele Muluzi in Lilongwe to discuss issues affecting the nursing and midwifery professional. Nonm President, Shouts Simeza said the meeting with the Minister following their petition to government to look into […]
The Chinese Government Thursday donated medical equipment worth K72.2 million to Kamuzu and Mzuzu central hospitals in Malawi. Speaking when he received the equipment on behalf of Malawi Government, Minister of Health and Population Atupele Muluzi hailed the 11-year diplomatic relations saying Malawi has a fine friend in the People’s Republic of China. He said […]