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President Dr. Joyce Banda’s administration on Sunday showed an advanced commitment in improving health service delivery regardless of religious or political affiliation at Chimaliro Health Centre in Thyolo when the Health Centre was electrified after 30 years without electricity.
Speaking at Goliati Trading Centre after visiting Chimaliro Health Centre, President Dr. Joyce Banda said it was sad that pregnant women were told to bring lamps for lighting during delivery at the health facility.
“Let me thank Senior Chief Chimaliro for informing me that the health centre has been operating without electricity. I am proud of him and he always notifies government problems faced by his subjects, I wouldn’t have known that the challenges faced by the people at the health centre if he had not come forward,” said Banda.
Dr. Joyce Banda also expressed how happy she was that the hospital was electrified and that no mother shall give birth in darkness or lamps again at the Health Centre, she then also promised to donate an ambulance to the health facility that will soon be dispatched to the hospital.
Minister of Health Catherine Gotani Hara said government will continue electrifying rural health centre’s to motivate health personnel to work in the remote areas.
“As we all have witnessed, all staff houses at the health centre have been electrified alongside the facility. Of late some health workers were reluctant to work in rural areas because of the electricity problem, but we will continue the project to assist the health workers,” said Hara.
Senior Chief Chimaliro expressed gratitude over the developments which the state president has brought to the area saying that the situation at the facility was pathetic as pregnant women used to borrow a lamp from his house which stands 10 metres away.
“I would like to thank the president for considering our facility because it was a big risk for pregnant mothers at the maternity ward to stay and be assisted in the dark,” said Chimaliro.
Chimaliro said he was grateful for various development projects like Social Cash Transfer and Mudzi Transformation Trust which, he said, has helped improve the living standards of people in his area.
President Dr. Joyce Banda visited Chimaliro Health Centre on Sunday where she later held a development rally at Goliati trading centre. The Health Centre serves 400, 000 outpatients and has a maternity ward.
Speaking at Goliati Trading Centre after visiting Chimaliro Health Centre, President Dr. Joyce Banda said it was sad that pregnant women were told to bring lamps for lighting during delivery at the health facility.
“Let me thank Senior Chief Chimaliro for informing me that the health centre has been operating without electricity. I am proud of him and he always notifies government problems faced by his subjects, I wouldn’t have known that the challenges faced by the people at the health centre if he had not come forward,” said Banda.
Dr. Joyce Banda also expressed how happy she was that the hospital was electrified and that no mother shall give birth in darkness or lamps again at the Health Centre, she then also promised to donate an ambulance to the health facility that will soon be dispatched to the hospital.
Minister of Health Catherine Gotani Hara said government will continue electrifying rural health centre’s to motivate health personnel to work in the remote areas.
“As we all have witnessed, all staff houses at the health centre have been electrified alongside the facility. Of late some health workers were reluctant to work in rural areas because of the electricity problem, but we will continue the project to assist the health workers,” said Hara.
Senior Chief Chimaliro expressed gratitude over the developments which the state president has brought to the area saying that the situation at the facility was pathetic as pregnant women used to borrow a lamp from his house which stands 10 metres away.
“I would like to thank the president for considering our facility because it was a big risk for pregnant mothers at the maternity ward to stay and be assisted in the dark,” said Chimaliro.
Chimaliro said he was grateful for various development projects like Social Cash Transfer and Mudzi Transformation Trust which, he said, has helped improve the living standards of people in his area.
President Dr. Joyce Banda visited Chimaliro Health Centre on Sunday where she later held a development rally at Goliati trading centre. The Health Centre serves 400, 000 outpatients and has a maternity ward.
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