Kamuzu Central Hospital

Kamuzu Central HospitalKamuzu Central Hospital
Geography
Location Lilongwe, Malawi
Organisation
Affiliated university University of North Carolina
Network Malawi German Networking for Capacity Building in Treatment, Training and Research at Kamuzu Central Hospital
Services
Emergency department Yes
Beds 9Est) 600-1,000
Helipad No

Kamuzu Central Hospital is a teritary referral hospital in the Lilongwe, Malawi. It is estimated to have 600-1,000 beds, though the true number of patients always exceeds the number of beds. It serves approximately 5 million people. It has a partnership with the University of North Carolina in and Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital in the United States [1][2] and a partnership project, called MAGNET [3] (Malawi German Networking for Capacity Building in Treatment, Training and Research at Kamuzu Central Hospital), with the Institute of Public Health [4] of the University Hospital Heidelberg in Germany, the University Hospital Cologne and the University Hospital Bonn. [5] [6]

In 2012, President Bingu wa Mutharika was admitted to Kamuzu Central Hospital and was diagnosed with cardiac arrest.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Malawi — Department of Surgery - UNC School of Medicine". Retrieved 6 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "BIPAI". bipai.org. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  3. ↑ "Hospital Partnership ESTHER-MAGNET". Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Disease Control in Disadvantaged Populations - Hospital Partnerships". Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Self-directed e-learning at a tertiary hospital in Malawi – A qualitative Evaluation and Lessons learnt". Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "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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