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]
Since 2013 Dr. Jonathan Ngoma [7] is the hospital director of the Kamuzu Central Hospital.
References
- ↑ "Malawi — Department of Surgery - UNC School of Medicine". Retrieved 6 April 2012.
- ↑ "Hospital Partnership ESTHER-MAGNET". Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ↑ "Disease Control in Disadvantaged Populations - Hospital Partnerships". Retrieved 25 April 2015. line feed character in
|title=at position 45 (help) - ↑ "Self-directed e-learning at a tertiary hospital in Malawi – A qualitative Evaluation and Lessons learnt". Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Malawi president 'in critical condition". Al Jazeera English. April 5, 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
- ↑ "Linked-In Jonathan Ngoma Hospital Director and Medical Specialist at Kamuzu Central Hospital". Retrieved 25 April 2015.
Coordinates: 13°58′38.7″S 33°47′8.7″E / 13.977417°S 33.785750°E