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Rotary Club of Lilongwe aids Covid-19′ PPEs to Mtengowanthenga Mission Hospital

Maravi Post Reporter
Rotary Club of Lilongwe donates PPE to Mtengowanthenga Mission Hospital

LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-The Rotary Club of Lilongwe on Saturday, August 8, 2020 donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) worthy MK2 million to Mtengowanthenga Mission Hospital in Dowa district.

The club made the donation as a response to a call made by the hospital as it was falling short of the equipment in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic.

As part of the donation, the Club donated 1,000 surgical face masks and 30 PPESs Suits.

Speaking after presenting the donation, Rotary Club of Lilongwe President William Matambo, said as a club felt obliged to respond to the call by the hospital as it is under its area of focus.

Matambo observes that regardless that the pandemic has impacted the economic status of it’s members, the club saw it wise to push to its limits to raise money to procure the PPEs.

“As a club we believe in service above self therefore regardless that everyone is struggling financially but we saw the need to help out. Our donation was a response to a letter from the hospital so even if this wasn’t in our plans, we had to try our best to help out”, Matambo said.

Mtengowanthenga Mission Hospital administrator and officer in-charge, Sister Dr. Eva Kangaude lauded the club for timely response to the facility’s plea.

Sister Dr. Kangaude said the hospital administration is under pressure due to scarcity of protective equipment as its budget for the same couldn’t stand for a long time since the equipment is expensive.

“We are very thankful that we have received this donation today as per our request to have PPEs for our staff members. This donation will go along way to protect our team as they will be able to protect themselves from Covid-19. Previously we only could afford to give PPEs to members of staff in the surgical ward but this changes everything.

We therefore call for other well wishers to make similar donations for us to continue serving the public regardless of the pandemic”, she said.

The hospital was opened in opened in 1979 and currently has over 162 stuff members and its catchment area is Dowa and surrounding areas. The hospital serves close to 78000 people.

Law and order

Serial killers terrorize Dzaleka refugee camp: two arrested, police intensifies patrols

Maravi Post correspondent

 

Ethiopia Illegals
Malawi Law and Order – Serial killers terrorize Dzaleka refugee camp

DOWA-(MaraviPost)- Two Burundi nationals are in police custody and one at large for allegedly terrorizing Dzaleka Refugee Camp in the central district of Dowa. Their terror acts have claimed two lives within the past two months.

The developed has instilled fears among camp dwellers, who are refugees from different African countries. One of the victims who who escaped death last week is a Rwandan national, Bavumiragira Deogratias aged 47, and he is currently admitted to Francisco Palau Community Hospital (Mtengowanthenga Mission Hospital) in the district.

The 47-year old victim, was attacked while sleeping in his hut at the camp; he told police that the killers broke into his dwelling place around midnight, and they tied him up and started to strangle him.

Information teaching The Maravi Post states that the first murder happened in January 2017 and it involved the death of a Rwandan woman; this was followed a few weeks later by the killing of a boy.

Dzaleka refuge camp, is said to be in an intensity of crime in its six demarcated locations, namely Blantyre, Kawale, Katupya, Likuni, Lisungwi, and Zomba. However, the notorious activities are the in Blantyre block where the two murders occurred.

Sources at the camp disclosed that fellow refugees are the ones committing the crime, who target those refugees they perceive to be more successful in their business enterprises. It is also alleged that the law enforcers several times have failed to investigate and establish who is responsible in or perpetrators of the attacks.

Dowa police station spokesperson Richard Kaponda, confirmed the incident in an interview on Tuesday  and said the station has arrested two alleged suspects. He identifying them as 18-Year old Mizigiyiman, and Bigiriman aged 37 from Makamba and Mulini provinces in Burundi respectively.

Kaponda however, disputed claims of police failure to contain the situation at the camp m. He said the suspects in the recent two attacks, have been arrested and that their case files are being investigated.

“We had two murder cases, the other one being of the woman, and the suspect in that case, was arrested and currently remanded to Maula Prison in Lilongwe. We also arrested two while the third suspect is at large,” Kaponda said.

He continued to say the police are doing their work to containing the situation.

He said that asylum-seekers and the general public should be assured of their safety at the camp, and cited the police have intensified security with Day and night patrols, ready to arrest the suspects.