Month: August 2022 Posts

Balaka DHO accused of sidelining health structures

Aug 10, 2022 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

The Balaka Hospital Management Committee has faulted  the District Health Office (DHO) for working in isolation, saying a paying wing named after First Lady Madame Monica Chakwera was opened at the hospital without the  committee… ...

Govt denies suspending ambulances from delivering dead bodies

Jul 19, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The Malawi Government through the Ministry of Health has disowned a document which outlines austerity measures in district health facilities, including the banning of ambulances from collecting and delivering dead bodies. On Sunday July 17,… ...

Govt suspends collection, delivery of dead bodies using ambulances

Jul 18, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

As a way of cutting costs amid rising in cost of living, the Malawi Government has suspended some services in the health sector and from now public ambulances are not allowed to collect and deliver… ...

Man jailed for stealing electricity cable at Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Jul 13, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

James Makiyoni aged 20 has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for stealing a 10 metre Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) cable which is used in the operation of a genset at Queen… ...

Zomba Diocese donates ambulance to Magomero Health Center

May 20, 2022 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Zomba Diocese of the Roman Catholic on Wednesday handed over an ambulance to Magomero Health Center in Zomba to ease transportation problems whenever patients are referred from Magomero to Zomba Central Hospital for further medical… ...

Chakwera condemns theft of drugs in hospitals

May 18, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has condemned the theft of drugs in public hospitals and has warned that his administration will take action against people involved. Chakwera issued the warning yesterday during a developmental rally in Mchinji.… ...

Zomba Diocese Health Service Commission builds accountants’ finance management capacity

May 15, 2022 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Zomba Diocesan Health Service Commission held a one-week finance management training with focus on Quick Book for accountants in the diocese's health facilities in order to build their capacity on financial matters. Diocesan Health Service… ...

Patients sleep on empty stomach as Chakwera blows a billion in foreign trips

Nov 16, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Hospitals across the country have revealed that they are not managing provide enough food to patients due to poor funding. This is coming at a time President Lazarus Chakwera, who promised three meals per day… ...