Month: August 2018 Posts

Malawi cervical cancer campaign screens 1,859 women

Aug 13, 2018 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 0 &

A week long Cervical Cancer awareness and mass screening campaign organised by the Blantyre District Health Office and Saint Egidio saw 1,859 women getting screened, representing 53% of the campaign's target. The campaign targeted women… ...

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… ...

CHAMACA in fund-raising golf tourney

Dec 08, 2016 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 1 &

Doctors working for Chatinkha Maternal Care Support (CHAMACA) at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) have organised a fund-raising golf tournament aimed at buying medical equipments for the ward. The tournament is scheduled to take place… ...

QUECH workers arrested over stolen washing machine

Aug 19, 2016 Luke Bisani 54 &

Police in Blantyre have arrested four workers at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QUECH) for stealing a washing machine. The four, Francis Gwiranani, 52, Philip Malitino, 45, Yohane Kankhuni, 46, and Gerrard Maonde have been arrested… ...

Patients keep sleeping on the floor at QECH while Mutharika spends millions on his toilet

Jan 07, 2016 Aubrey Makina 208 &

A photo has appeared on Facebook of a patient sleeping on the floor at Malawi's Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital at a time that the country's leadership has come under fire for extravagance. Information that Malawi24… ...