AMAMI CHIONGOLERO President Joyce Banda has said she will not accept the paying of health services in public hospitals, saying many Malaiwians live below the poverty level and cannot afford. Ministry of Health announced that it will estblish paying sections in all its major hospitals in the country to boost the hospitals’ financial muscles. The sections will be available at Kamuzu, Mzuzu and Queen Elizabeth central hospitals hospitals beginning September 1, 2013. President Banda clarified that the paying sections will be for those who cannot afford, saying the rest of healthy facilities will remain to be offered to the general public without any pay. “Private and mission hospitals are the ones that offer paying services but not those that are funded by government,” said President Banda on Thursday when she laid a foundation stone for a 13 bed maternity wing and waiting shelter for Mlomba dispensary in Machinga.
Posted on: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 08:27:06 +0000
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