Kamuzu Central Hospital

Kamuzu Central Hospital is a teritary referral hospital in the Lilongwe, Malawi. It is estimated to have 600-1,000 beds, though the true amount of patients always exceeds the amount of beds. It serves approximately 5 million people. It has a partnership with the University of North Carolina in the United States [1] and a partnership project, called MAGNET [2] (Malawi German Networking for Capacity Building in Treatment, Training and Research at Kamuzu Central Hospital), with the Institute of Public Health [3] of the University Hospital Heidelberg in Germany, the University Hospital Cologne and the University Hospital Bonn. [4] [5]

In 2012, President Bingu wa Mutharika was admitted to Kamuzu Central Hospital and was diagnosed with cardiac arrest.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Malawi — Department of Surgery - UNC School of Medicine". Retrieved 6 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "Hospital Partnership ESTHER-MAGNET". Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Disease Control in Disadvantaged Populations - Hospital Partnerships". Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Self-directed e-learning at a tertiary hospital in Malawi – A qualitative Evaluation and Lessons learnt". Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Hospital Partnership MAGNET: Malawi German Networking for Capacity Building in Treatment, Training and Research at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH), Lilongwe, Malawi". Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Malawi president 'in critical condition". Al Jazeera English. April 5, 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2012.

Coordinates: 13°58′38.7″S 33°47′8.7″E / 13.977417°S 33.785750°E / -13.977417; 33.785750

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