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In adherence to its motto ‘To Serve Above Self’, Lilongwe Rotary Club donated 105 mattresses worth K3.4 million to Mitundu Community Hospital in Lilongwe on Tuesday, September 29.
Out of the 105 mattresses, 70 of them will be used in the adults’ wards and 35 of them will serve in the paediatric wards.
Speaking during the handover ceremony at the hospital, the Rotary Club President, William Matambo said club members saw it wise to contribute to procurement of the mattresses to help in one of the areas that the hospital was facing challenges with.
“As a club, we are in a very good working relationship with the Lilongwe District Health Office,” Matambo said. “Therefore, we inquired what areas the health facility needed some help.
“The office asked for the mattresses since the ones in use had worn out and were putting patients at risk of contracting infections,” Matambo said.
Mitundu Community Hospital Officer in Charge, Dr. Anthony Chafunya, thanked the club for the donation, saying on top of the medication they receive, patients also need excellent comfort on where they sleep in order to recover as quickly as possible.
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“We are very thankful that we have received this donation today and we hope that it will help us in serving the community better that patronise this facility to seek medical attention.
“We believe that a hospital is a place where one needs to feel confident to get proper medical attention and not a facility that will bring fear of contracting infections.
“Besides preventing the spread of infections, this donation will help in terms of patient care in these times of COVID-19,” said Dr. Chafunya.
Mitundu Community Hospital is a referral health facility that serves close to 550,000 people from over nine health centers from Lilongwe and Dedza districts.
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