Medic Malawi began in December 1997 as a means of raising small sums of money to supplement health care in the Mtunthama region of Malawi.
Before long it became apparent that a much more radical approach was needed, and the decision was made to build and run a hospital, now known as St. Andrew’s Hospital.
St Andrew’s Hospital now has a staff of seventy one and growing, and so the building of staff houses is a major part of development. We have a new surgical ward and an ART centre(to care for HIV/AIDS patients). Whilst it is encouraging to note that the incidence of HIV infection in the total population [...]
Medic Malawi is funded by donations in UK, and by the income from a maize mill constructed at the beginning of the project. Costs of running the hospital are in the region of £2500 a month, and the feeding programmes need £1000 a month. At a simpler level, £7 will feed and pay for medicine for a child for a week.
