In December 2019, malawimed.org clinical trainees reported that the anaesthesia machine in the large operating theatre in the hospital was defective and could not be repaired. In a European hospital, this is an unimaginable situation in which all operations would probably be cancelled and patients transferred to other hospitals. Together with the doctor in charge,…

At the end of February 2020 the eagerly awaited autoclave was delivered to the Holy Family Mission Hospital – the times of foreign sterilizations in far away hospitals(!) are finally over. At the beginning of March the handover by the supplier took place, may this indispensable device function largely without breakdowns and for a long…

The radiology wing was inaugurated with a popular and humorous speech by Bishop Thomas L. Msusa, various speeches and lots of dance and theatre. The radiology assistant Charles Tausi (radiology training financed by Adopt-a-Career) demonstrated the digital X-ray system – the excellent X-ray images are now available in the patient rooms and the “Doctors Office”…

February 2018 – We and the Holy Family Mission Hospital are very proud to present the new radiology tract. In December, the X-ray system was delivered to Phalombe and with specialists from South Africa, the new, sensitive equipment was put into operation in accordance with regulations. On May 6th 2017, the general renovation and conversion…