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

1. "Malawi — Department of Surgery - UNC School of Medicine". Retrieved 6 April 2012.
2. "Hospital Partnership ESTHER-MAGNET". Retrieved 25 April 2015.
3. "Disease Control in Disadvantaged Populations - Hospital Partnerships". Retrieved 25 April 2015. line feed character in |title= at position 45 (help)
4. "Self-directed e-learning at a tertiary hospital in Malawi – A qualitative Evaluation and Lessons learnt". Retrieved 25 April 2015.
5. "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.
6. "Malawi president 'in critical condition". Al Jazeera English. April 5, 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
7. "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