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Health worker arrested for sexually abusing child

Nov 05, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Police in Chikwawa are keeping in custody 28-year-old Alfred Nkandala, a Health Surveillance Assistant at Kakoma Health Centre, for sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl. According to police, the child is a form 1 student at… ...

Zomba Central Mental Hospital hit by low funding, shortage of staff

Jul 09, 2023 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Zomba Central Mental Hospital's mental health facility has only 65 nurses out of a required 333 and this is compromising service delivery. Speaking on Friday during a stakeholders consultative meeting, Hospital Director, Dr. Raphael Piringu… ...

Unemployed nurses to withdraw from internship, hold demos

Jul 02, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Nursing officers on upkeep and internship basis in public hospitals, will withdraw from work this month as all unemployed nursing officers will be taking to the streets to force government to address their grievances. This… ...

Poor investment in orthopaedic services worries association

May 16, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Malawi Orthopaedic Association (MOA) has called on government and stakeholders to invest more resources towards orthopaedic services, saying the country has only 14 orthopaedic surgeons but there is need to increase the number of surgeons… ...

Health workers in Mwanza conduct sit-in

Feb 15, 2023 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Health workers at Mwanza District Hospital are conducting a sit-in saying they are failing to work due to lack of fuel, water, stationery, sanitary items and other necessities at the hospital which is in Southern… ...

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… ...