Mwaiwathu hospital in Blantyre has earmarked 52 members of staff for retrenchment in what the hospital says is as a result of effects of Covid-19. In a notice of retrenchment signed by the hospital director of Medical director Jack Wirima and Human Resoures manager Jois Chitika, the hospital conducted a functional review from July to […]
An aggrieved patient has dragged privately-owned Mwaiwathu Hospital and one of its hired doctors to court, seeking aggravated damages amounting to K20 million due to the hospital and the doctor’s negligence. Meanwhile, both the hospital and the doctor, Gynaecologist Chisale Mhango are facing another battle on contempt of court for not complying with an Anton Pillar […]
Medical experts at Mwaiwathu Private Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi have reiterated that high blood pressure (hypertension) is a “silent killer” and about 30-40% of adults are hypertensive with 60% of these don’t know that they have hypertension. They have since discouraged people from taking herbals and Chinese related products, saying they contain harmful substances that […]
An application by former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Raphael Kasambara to travel to South Africa for medical treatment has been rejected by High Court judge Michael Mtambo – a well known foe of the former. Private practice lawyer Emmanuel Theu who is representing Kasambara, who is facing a charge of conspiracy to commit […]
Former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Raphael Kasambara has been readmitted to hospital with a recurrence of a heart attack and is in a “serious but stable” condition. Authorities at Zomba Maximum Prison told Nyasa Times that Kasambara was transferred to Mwaiwathu private hospital in Blantyre overnight when his condition deteriorated. He had been discharged from […]
The Blantyre socialite Maurice Chikapa, who was beaten black and blue to a pulp after being caught pants down in the act with his friend’s wife, has discharged himself from Mwaiwathu Private Hospital where he was receiving medical care, Nyasa Times has established. The Chileka based Chikapa, who was caught bonking married woman, Stella Gwengweya Mbwana, at […]
Blantyre Water Board (BWB) internal auditor, Thokozani Maluwa and his sex-mate, Emma Peter have been ordered by court to perform 40 hours of community service for having sex in a Mwaiwathu Private Hospital car park. Blantyre Magistrates Court on Tuesday convicted Maluwa 26-year-old and his 20-year-old Peter after they pleaded guilty to the charge of Idle and […]
There was mayhem at Mwaiwathu Private Hospital in Blantyre when its kitchen went up in flames Monday morning. Workers had to hurriedly take out patients from their sick beds as a precautionary measure while struggling to put out the fire. According to a guard who witnessed the incident but refused to be named, the fire […]
In an unprecxedented development, Mwayiwathu Hospital on Thursday was cordoned off to protect the privacy of a ‘very big and important person’ who seems to have been taken there for an emergency . The Hospital declined to comment to Nyasa Times’ clarification. There were heavy police presence at the hospital. Eye witnessess told Nyasa Timesthey […]
Parents to the late seven-year-old Etienne Nkwanda have bitterly complained against alleged clinical negligence by Malawi’s largest private hospital, Mwaiwathu Hospital medical personnel in Blantyre that they suspect must have led to the death of the young boy. In a letter dated August 24, 2011, addressed to the hospital and copied to Malawi Blood Transfusion, […]