The Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi, is the largest hospital in Malawi. The newly opened Accident and Emergency Trauma Centre is reducing the death rate among emergency admissions and can provide a disaster preparedness facility that can cope with major incidents. Limited laboratory, X-ray, and ultrasound capabilities exist. The hospital is very short of resources and is need of a great deal of repair work.
The facility has 79 trained medical personnel and they include 2 Medical Officers, 7 Clinical Officers, 25 Nurses, 8 Medical Assistants, 1 Environmental Health Officer, 23 Health Surveillance Assistants (HSAs), 6 HIV Diagnostic Assistants (HDAs), 2 Health Management Information System Officers, 4 Laboratory Technicians, 1 Dental Therapist.
Brals D, Pradhan A, Andre-von Arnim AVS, Oron AP, Ngari M, Ngao N, Mupere E, Chisti MJ, Lwanga C, Afroze F, Bandsma R, Walson JL, Berkley JA, Voskuijl W