Month: February 2023 Posts

Health workers living in fear at Nandumbo Health Centre

Feb 05, 2023 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Chitsime Health workers are living in fear at Nandumbo Health Centre in Balaka District, following a recent attack, by a yet to be identified person on a health surveillance assistant. Balaka District Chief Preventive Officer,… ...

Balaka Council threatens to close Nandumbo Health Centre

Jan 24, 2023 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

The Balaka District Council has warned that it will close Nandumbo Health Centre if community leaders around the facility fail to identify culprits who vandalized the Cholera treatment unit at the health facility and injured… ...

Fake doctor arrested at QECH in Blantyre

Jan 12, 2023 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Police in Blantyre are keeping in custody a 29- year-old woman for acting as a doctor at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital and demanding money from patients. Blantyre Police Station Deputy Public Relations Officer Sergeant Aubrey… ...

Fake nurse arrested in Rumphi

Oct 29, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

A 23-year-old woman identified as Febie Mfune has been arrested in Rumphi after she reported for work at Bolero Health Centre where she claimed to be a nurse. Rumphi police station spokesperson Sergeant Tupeliwe Kabwilo… ...

Chakwera meets with Malawian health workers in US

Sep 26, 2022 Contributor* 0 &

President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera met with a team of Malawian medical personnel in the United States where the team of doctors pledged to help the country in sourcing funding and expertise to aid  Malawi's health… ...

HSAs asks govt to provide them with transportation

Aug 28, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Health Surveillance Assistants (HSAs) have asked government to consider providing them with transportation to address the challenge of walking long distances during their daily operations in the communities they were assigned to work. This was… ...

Zomba DHO says the elderly deserve special medical care

Aug 08, 2022 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Zomba District Council's Director  of Health and  Social  Services, Dr. Alexander Chijuwa, has called on health workers to give elderly persons special attention  to ensure they receive quality care and treatment. Dr.  Chijuwa made the… ...

Govt faulted for blocking unemployed nurses from seeking jobs in USA and Saudi Arabia

Aug 03, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Unemployed nurses and midwives have demanded an explanation from Malawi Government over its decision to block National Organization of Nurses and Midwives of Malawi (NONM) from sending jobless nurses and midwives to United States and… ...

Zomba DHO bemoans polio vaccine resistance by parents in urban areas

Jul 31, 2022 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Zomba District Health Office (DHO) says parents in low density areas and in houses surrounded by brick fences refuse to open gates to let health workers give oral polio vaccine to their children. To this… ...

Man arrested for illegal possession of medical equipment in Blantyre

Jul 28, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 1 &

Police in Blantyre have arrested a 41-year-old man for illegal possession of medical equipment, including a laboratory coat labelled QECH (Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital). This is according to Blantyre police deputy public relations officer, Sergeant… ...

Opinion: Malawi nurses’ plan to find work abroad should not be disrupted

Jul 12, 2022 Contributor* 0 &

By Lucious C. Gerrald Nursing and Midwifery profession was discovered and founded by Florence Nightingale, an upper class British woman who captured the public imagination when she led a group of female nurses to the… ...

Rumphi district achieves 91% TB treatment rate

Jul 04, 2022 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Rumphi  District is among the districts that are doing very well in the fight against Tuberculosis. The district achieved 91% treatment success rate in the year 2021. Speaking to Malawi24, Rumphi TB officer Umar Mwamadi… ...

Government calls on nurses to be ethical

Jul 02, 2022 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Deputy Director of Higher Education in the Ministry of Education, Dr. Valentino Zimpita, has called on nurses to be ethical when discharging their duties. Dr. Zimpita made the call at St. Luke's College of Health… ...

Govt ordered to hire nurse who passed interviews but was not given offer letter

Jun 14, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The High Court has ordered Malawi Government to provide an offer letter to a nurse who passed job interviews but her offer letter was not sent to her and she was told by the Ministry… ...

Medical practitioner who shared Martse death on Twitter face public condemnation

May 23, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

A medical practitioner has been condemned for announcing the death of musician Martse on Twitter. Martse, an award winning hip-hop artist, died at around noon today at Queen Elizabeth. His death came days after he… ...