Zomba Central Hospital is one of four central hospitals in Malawi and serves as a
district hospital within Zomba district and a tertiary referral center to 4 other district hospitals. The hospital has
500 beds and 4 main clinical departments: internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, and obstetrics & gynecology.
There is no emergency department, admissions are made through outpatient clinics. The hospital is mostly
staffed by clinical officers (having undertaken a 3-year Diploma in Clinical medicine). All routine care is
provided free of charge to the user.