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Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda has asked Private Hospital in the country to refrain from turning away Cholera patients calling the act as \u2018unfortunate.\u2019<\/p>\n

Speaking on Saturday during a Press Conference at the Ministry\u2019s Headquarters in Lilongwe, the Minister lamented the dire situation at Bwaila Hospital where a special Cholera camp is being congested as some private clinics are refusing to treat patients.<\/p>\n

Chiponda said much as the Malawi Ministry of Health (MOH) is there to provide critical health services, it is also the responsibility of those stakeholders who were accredited to privately run medical facilitices.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am asking private hospitals to take care of cholera patients because when we give you licenses, we expect you to treat all kinds of diseases including Cholera, COVID-19 and Malaria,\u201d Chiponda said.<\/p>\n

Chiponda, who earlier toured the Bwaila facility on Friday, lamented that some Cholera patients are being brought on Ambulances from private hospitals whilst seriously sick.<\/p>\n

Currently, Area 36 township and Malangalanga area (near Lilongwe Depot) are some of the hotspots for Cholera in the capital city a development which Chiponda described as worrisome.<\/p>\n

Also at the press conference was Mayor for Lilongwe City Council Richard Banda who announced swift measures constituted after a consultative meeting with all councilors and lawmakers within Lilongwe.<\/p>\n

Banda said by powers vested in the Council\u2019s by-laws, some restaurants in Malangalanga have been closed and bans have been imposed on cooked foods; in town, at funeral vigils, church gatherings, schools and wedding receptions.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Malawi<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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