Nurses and Midwives Council of Malawi (NMCM) has issued a warning to nurses and midwives to stop taking and sharing photos of victims.
In a press statement issued today, signed by registrar and chief executive officer Dr. Isabella Msolomba Musisi, NMCM says it is worried with this behaviour.
NMCM says it is illegal to be taking photos of victims especially at scenes of road accidents and even in hospitals without the consent of the affected parties.
“The NMCM would like to make a plea to the public especially to our practicing nurses and midwives to refrain from taking part in this malpractice
“This is morally, ethically and professionally wrong besides, causing more psychological trauma to the relatives of the concerned victims. To the nursing and midwifery fraternity, if found conducting yourself in such malpractice, you will be summarily deregistered with NMCN,” reads part of the statement.
She then appealed to the general public together with these nurses and midwives to treat all the victims in a respectful and dignified manner the way they were taught.
This comes barely days after police in Dedza district condemned Malawians for sharing photos of accident victims.
Last week, photos of a Malawian man, John Kawonga who got stabbed to death by his South African wife after he went home drunk on last Saturday in Cape Town also went viral on social media.
prvacy and confidentiality kodi mulibe mu ethics? this nzocokela ku skool olo ma foni awa abwera ndi makamela koma ethic ndi ya flolensi nitghtngale. komaso si ma nesi asopano okha akupanga zimenezi,
cimozimozi kulengeza za matenda a odwala kwa anthu ena
pa zana paja panali nesi wa ku mwaiwathu amene analengesa za matenda a bro wa nzanga. komatu akuoneka kuti si nesi wasopano ai, bwanji sankhazikise pansi????????????? molini kawalewali.
mu zipatalamu tikuona ma nesi kuimba ma foni pa maso pa odwala komaso sityiziwa kuti akutijambula pena ai.ovutika ndife ma patient ufulu wathu ukutengedwa mmanja mwa ogwila nchito mu zipatala
Anthu okulira mmavuto ndichoncho akakhala ndi phone yojambula
kkkkkk zikubwela mochedwa
Aren’t they aware of privacy?
Zitunzi zambili za muchipatala zimatuluka ndi ma nurse ,okolopa
Komano ngati zikuchitikadi anamwino mukulephera pa ukachenjede wanu othandiza anthu ndipo anthu asiya kukukhulupililani chifukwa chamchitidwe umenewu.
Where is their humanity?
That’s true ,they have no rights to take a photo without permission, if someone try to take a photo for me or my family member I will sue them to court
ndzachibwanad zmenez
.. Proudly nurse..
khalidwe mulibe
Thus not true… U r very wrong..
Why?
Humanity is impotant to any human being
Meaning
Mulibe Ulemu ndi imfa ya mzanu
Heheheh..
I can’t argue with you guys coz thus what u think and uv observed. Mind you mistake of one person should not be generalised to others…
We tend to generalise. Not all nurses are evil
Wise saying
thanks Kondwani,atleast if they some nurses alibe ulemu and are evil,unlike the hasty generalisation.
thumb up NMCM!!
I support this deregristration
Sack them so they can go and take pics of their family
is really this happening?
They abuse our rights to privacy
ena akaona kumoyo kwathu akumalengeza kwa yense akumana naye zomwe aona kumoyoku.
Kkkkkk
kungowabana asamabwere ndi ma foni kuntchito akuonjedza maka tima nurse tongolembedwa kumeneti.
yes this behavior is really bad…they must stop