Month: March 2020 Posts

No coronavirus testing at Malawi hospitals – Ministry of Health

Mar 20, 2020 Barbara Chimera 0 &

Malawi is not testing coronavirus suspected cases at all its hospitals including major referral hospitals like Kamuzu and Queen Elizabeth Central Hospitals, the Ministry of Health has said. In an interview with Malawi24, the Ministry… ...

Rainwater pours onto beds at Kamuzu Hospital

Dec 12, 2019 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Patients were forced out of a makeshift ward at Kamuzu Central Hospital on Thursday after rainwater poured onto their beds. Lilongwe received heavy rains on Thursday and at the referral hospital the rainwater flooded an… ...

Airtel donates portable dialysis, emergency defibrillator machines to KCH

Oct 08, 2019 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Airtel Malawi on Monday donated portable dialysis and emergency defibrillator machines worth K26 million to Kamuzu Central Hospital. The handover ceremony took place at the hospital's surgical conference room where Ministry of Health and Population… ...

Kamuzu Hospital CT scanner not working

Jun 17, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Computerized Tomography (CT) scanner at Kamuzu Central Hospital has been down for almost 10 months as it requires a replacement part that costs about K42 million. According to information reaching Malawi24, hospital authorities are… ...

Ambulance driver who prioritized patients cleared

Apr 18, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 3 &

An ambulance driver who prioritized lives of patients by not giving way for President Peter Mutharika’s convoy on Tuesday will not face any charges. The driver Mustapha Mthiramanja was said to have endangered Mutharika’s presidential… ...

Medical workers demand money from pregnant women at KCH

Jan 30, 2019 Russell Kondowe 0 &

People seeking medical care at Kamuzu Central Hospital have complained that they are forced to pay money to doctors or nurses at the facility to access services. Patients at the Ethel Mutharika Maternity Wing say… ...

Ear, Nose clinic opened in Lilongwe

May 30, 2018 Martha Chikoti 0 &

A clinic for Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) has been opened at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe. The clinic is specialised to help people who have difficulties in ears, nose or throat. It has been… ...

Help sought for hospitalised woman

Mar 14, 2018 Martha Chikoti 4 &

Well-wishers have been asked to assist a young mother who has been hospitalised for severe anaemia in Lilongwe. The woman Pirirani Levison who has a one month old baby is at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH)… ...

WhatsApp group donates to patients

Mar 11, 2018 Bright Malenga 8 &

As some people regard social media as a place of spreading lies, members of a WhatsApp group called Beauty and Tips are using the platform to help patients in the country. After donating items to… ...

Luanar student beaten by Police at electricity demos dies

Dec 17, 2017 Bright Malenga 378 &

One of the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (Luanar) students arrested following blackout demos at the college has died at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Malawi's capital, Lilongwe. This is according to an announcement… ...

Activist wants justice for boy hit by Mutharika’s convoy

Oct 13, 2017 Luke Bisani 3 &

One of the child rights activists in Malawi has vowed to ensure justice for a ten-year-old boy who was hit by a vehicle that was on President Peter Mutharika's convoy on Tuesday in Lilongwe. The… ...

Man dies in concrete mixer machine

Oct 07, 2017 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

A worker at Capital Foods Company Limited has died after he got stuck in an operational concrete mixer machine. According to Kanengo police publicist Salome Zgambo Chibwana, this occurred on Wednesday at Capital Foods Company… ...

Wall collapse claims life in Lilongwe

Oct 06, 2017 Bright Malenga 1 &

A Rab Processors worker has died after a wall of a warehouse fell on him. The incident occurred on Tuesday at around 13:20 hours at Rab Processors Limited in Kanengo industrial area and the worker… ...

Govt ignoring persons with albinism – APAM

Sep 25, 2017 Martha Chikoti 7 &

The Association of People with Albinism (APAM) has faulted government for failing to provide appropriate medical care for people with albinism (PWAs). This follows the death of a person with albinism who was suffering from… ...

Police officer killed by hit and run driver

Sep 10, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A Malawi Police officer has died after a hit and run driver plowed into him on Saturday morning. The incident occurred at around 5am and the police officer has been identified as Constable Fabiano of… ...