Month: May 2022 Posts

First stroke unit opens in Malawi

May 12, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Malawi's first ever stroke unit has been opened today at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre. The unit has been set up through a partnership between University College London and Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital. "Eventually,… ...

Tension at QECH: Family members refuse to collect body of their relative

Apr 21, 2022 Mphatso Khutcha Richard 0 &

There is tension at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital's Mortuary in Blantyre as  members of a bereaved family are refusing to collect the body of their relative because they allegedly found cuts on his head… ...

Queens paralysed by health workers’ strike

Apr 19, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A sit-in by health workers at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) has led to the closure of life saving wards at the facility. Departments and wards such as labor, gynecologic, ante-natal, post-natal, Intensive Care Unit… ...

Twitter users raise money to buy oxygen cylinder for Queens Hospital

Oct 27, 2019 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Malawian Twitter users have contributed over K400,000 to be used for the purchase of an oxygen cylinder for the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH). According to Pemphero Mphande who facilitated the contributions, the pediatric emergency… ...

Malawi Police nab two over hospital mattress

Aug 25, 2016 Luke Bisani 34 &

Police in Blantyre have arrested two men suspected to have stolen a mattress at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) in the commercial city. The two, John Mizere aged 40 and Samuel Austin aged 28 were… ...