On a day when the thermometer in Blantyre climbed towards 35°C, the country’s largest referral hospital simply ran out of water. At Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, known to everyone as Queens, patients and their relatives spent the day searching for something most people take for granted. The cause was mundane, and that is what makes […]
The Blantyre Magistrate Court has found a mother and daughter with a case to answer on charges of assaulting a nurse in the line on duty at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) in Blantyre. Senior resident Magistrate Akya Mwanyongo made the ruling on Wednesday morning. The two women are Esnart Selemani, 53 years old and her […]
A group of young people belonging to Malawi Land rover Defenders Club on Sunday donated blood to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) maternity wing through Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (MBTS). According to the spokesperson of the club that own Land rover Defender vehicles, Ted Dizzo Mhango, said the club decided to conduct the initiative following […]
One of the country’s insurance firms, Britam Insurance Company Limited, on Wednesday donated gas cylinders worth K5 million to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH). The firm said the donation was part of its continuous contribution in the fight against Covid 19 pandemic which has affected almost all sectors of the economy. Britam Insurance Chief Executive […]
The Calvary Family Church (CFC) has donated 50 oxygen cylinders to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital Covid-19 Treatment Centre in Blantyre. Valued at slightly over K2 million, the donation aims at enhancing the central hospital in its response to the highly deadly pandemic. The church’s president and founder, Apostle Dr. Madalitso Mbewe, presented the donation to […]
Rotary Club of Limbe in conjunction with its counterpart in Bradford West in the United Kingdom has donated assorted medical equipment to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital which was presented on Thursday by head of international and local projects at Rotary Club of Limbe Muhammed Tayub. The items –an oxygen concentrator, a patient monitor and pulse […]
The Insurance Association of Malawi (IAM) Tuesday donated various items including hospital gear for health workers at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) in Blantyre worth K7.5 million to help them fight the Covid-19 pandemic. Presenting the item, IAM president Bywell Blair Chiwoni who is also Chief Executive Officer for United General Insurance (UGI) hailed the […]
In less than 24 hour since rolling out the second phase of fundraising to procure essential medical equipment for Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital’s COVID-19 treatment units, Muslim Youth United (MYU) has already raised K10 million of the targeted K20 million. The second phase targets to procure drier and washing machine; oxygen flow meters: humidifier bottles; […]
Malawian Liverpool FC Fan Club on Friday donated 10 Fetal Dopplers valued at K1.4 million to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital. Fetal dopplers are hightech equipment for monitoring fetuses in pregnant mothers and this donation is very significant as it is a response to the observance of social distancing measure for the prevention of Covid-19. One […]
Malawi Police in Mwanza say they have arrested a Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital clerk for allegedly stealing a general receipt book. Mwanza police spokesperson Edwin Kaunda said the hospital clerk, Dickens Bwanali will be brought to court soon. Kaunda says Bwanali allegedly used the GR book to issue receipts to three truck drivers Hamisi Omega […]
As Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital continues to grapple with increasing numbers of Covid-19 patients on a daily basis — coupled with efforts to increase treatment units — Illovo Sugar Plc Malawi has donated 21 hospital beds complete with mattresses and drip stands, 3 patient monitors and 10 nebulisers. This is Illovo Sugar’s fulfillment of the […]
The grieving Mia family on Tuesday donated food rations to 400 Covid-19 frontline health workers in memory of Sidik Mia, former Minister of Transport and Public Works who died of coronavirus a few weeks ago. Mia was also a powerful figure in the ruling Malawi Congress Party (MCP) where he was vice president. The donation at […]
Within a week after Muslim Youth United (MYU) sent out an appeal for financial support from well-wishers, the philanthropy arm of Muslims in Malawi have exceeded their target of K5 million to raise funds to procure COVID-19 medical equipment for Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital. The appeal followed a follow up MYU made with relevant authorities […]
Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH)in Blantyre is overwhelmed with Covid-19 patients leading to deaths of most infected persons. Authorities at the main referral hospital in the south have since sounded an SOS saying Covid-19 situation is very bad at the referral facility. Hospital director Dr. Samuel Mndolo has said the facility is currently treating over […]
Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) in Lilongwe has shut down its dialysis unit because its machines are not functioning, putting lives of patients with renal failure and other kidney problems at risk. About 37 patients suffering from chronic kidney failure from KCH have since been moved to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) in Blantyre —the only […]
Muslim Youth United, a philanthropy arm of Muslims in Malawi, donated starter packs to over 50 mothers of newly-born babies they found on Wednesday at the nursery ward of Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre. MYU, which adopted Queens’ neurosurgical and orthopaedic wards under the name ‘We Care’, said they decided to donate the starter […]
Mkango Resources Limited on Thursday donated ‘Anaesthetic Ventilator Machine’ to the Mercy James Paediatric Centre at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) in Blantyre aimed at helping in the fight against Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in Malawi. Speaking during the handover ceremony of the machine at the hospital, Mkango Resources Country Director Burton Kachinjika said the company […]
Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) the country’s major referral centre needs additional 1 162 healthcare workers, the facility’s director Dr Samson Mndolo told Deputy Minister of Defence Chipiliro Mpinganjira during a tour. Mpinganjira and Machinga Central East legislator Daud Chikwanje visited QECH to assess the hospital on the state of preparedness to fight the pandemic. […]