Mzuzu police arrests another hospital worker over medical drug theft
Malawi Police in Mzuzu have arrested a hospital worker at Mzuzu Central Hospital and are upbeat they will catch a “big fish” on theft of drugs at the referral hospital following the arrest of a... The...
View ArticleMalawi leader spits fire over drug theft, ‘this nonsense must stop’: Opens...
President Peter Mutharika has said he has issued a decree that any public health worker found stealing medical drugs would be fired immediately and will not be getting salary as was the case before....
View ArticleAPM opens Nkhatabay District Hospital: Malawi President Takes tough stance...
President Arthur Peter Mutharika on Monday opened the new Nkhatabay District Hospital where among other things he warned hospital staff against vandalism and theft of drugs and equipment at the new...
View ArticleMalawi Police arrest KCH nurse for stealing drugs
Police in Lilongwe have arrested a nurse working at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) for being implicated in a recent drug theft case that saw the arrest of two other medical workers at Mtosa Health...
View ArticleMalawi to launch National Health Communication Strategy
Ministry of Health will on June 30, 2016 launch the first ever National Health Communication Strategy at a function to be held in Lilongwe. During the day, the Ministry will also be launching National...
View ArticleHealth activist Kwataine warns Malawi govt against Mutharika’s ‘dictatorial...
A renowned health activist Martha Kwataine has warned government against firing health workers suspected to have stolen medical drugs as ordered by President Peter Mutharika, saying the government...
View ArticleNurses stage strike at Mwanza district hospital to demand transfer of DHO:...
Mwanza District Hospital workers including nurseson Tuesday staged a strike as part of their demand to have District Health Officer (DHO) Ralph Piringu and District Nursing Officer (DNO), transferred...
View ArticleThyolo hospital run out of sexually transmitted infection drugs and diabetis...
Non governmental organisations in Thyolo are blowing a whistle to alert authorities that Thyolo District Hospital has run out of sexually transmitted infection drugs and diabetis medicine. The NGOs,...
View ArticleUNFPA donates to Malawi K335 million medical equipment for maternal health
United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) on Friday handed over family planning and maternal health medical supplies to Ministry of Health wealth K335 million. Handing over of Medical Equipment for...
View ArticleMalawi govt to resume construction of 15 stalled healthy centers – Minister
Minister of Health Dr. Peter Kumpalume on Tuesday assured Members of Parliament that his Ministry has secured funding to resume construction of 15 stalled healthy centers across the country. Kumpalume...
View ArticleKamlepo bemoans ‘indignity’ of male and pregnant female patients in mixed...
Rumphi East Member of Parliament (MP) Kamlepo Kalua (People’s Party-PP) has expressed concern that hospital patients in Rumphi were forced to be in mixed sex wards. Kalua said in Parliament that at...
View ArticleUnsafe-motherhood! Malawi babies born in hospital corridors: MP says lack of...
Many Malawian women are having to give birth outside maternity wards because of a lack of midwives and hospital beds and the situation is dire at Chimoto Health Centre in Dedza, parliament has learnt....
View ArticleMinister, official contradict on user fees for Malawi public hospitals
Health minister Peter Kumpalume and the ministry’s public relations officer have contradicted on whether Malawians will start paying in public hospitals or not. Kumpalume said the government has no...
View ArticleMalawi govt put on hold plans to privatise mortuaries
Government has said it has put on hold its decision to private public hospital mortuaries due to lack of money. Through reforms government is undertaking, it want to delink mortuaries from public...
View ArticleMalawi health minister launches guidelines for evidence in policy making
Minister of Health Dr Peter Kumpalema says utilisation of evidence in decision making process in health sector can help to improve health outcomes and reduce high disease burden in Malawi. Kumpalume...
View ArticleMalawi to have paying treatment in public hospitals
Chief of Health Services in the ministry of Health Charles Mwansambo has said plans by government to have paying treatment in public district hospitals is on track. He, however, said the government...
View ArticleKamuzu Central Hospital gets ICU and HDU project from Norway
The Norwegian Ambassador on Wednesday handed over Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and High Dependence Unit (HDU) project to Kamuzu Central Hospital. Receiving the project on behalf of the hospital, Minister...
View ArticleJapanese charity donates to Ntcheu district hospital
As other public hospitals are struggling to have adequate and appropriate medical equipment, Ntcheu District Hospital has a reason to smile following a donation of assorted medical equipment worth K3...
View ArticleMalawi hospital refuses to admit TB patients due to lack of food
Bwaila Hospital in Lilongwe is refusing to admit patients suffering from TB because the hospital stopped providing food to patients for over a month now. A source at the hospital said even serious TB...
View ArticleUS funds for fighting Aids in Malawi ‘Cashgated’: America demand pay back
National Audit Office (NAO) audit has revealed that donor money amounting to K925, 918, 030.14 were looted from the health ministry’s finance, human resources and HIV and AIDS department. The auditors...
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