Welcome Henry Banda
A new clinician has joined us! He is replacing Khumbo Kasamba who only stayed in Balaka for a couple of months before he decided he wanted to return to the city. Henry Banda joins us from Liwonde Distrtict Hospital where he was their Chief Clinical Officer. He has worked with the Ministry of Health for […]
Guardians satisfied with Services at Comfort Clinics
Guardians interviewed on Thursday, June 26, 2014 have said they are satisfied with the services at Comfort Clinics. The guardians are happy mainly with the availability of drugs. “When we come here, we are sure that our kids will be treated,” says one guardian we interviewed at the paediatric clinic. Asked if they know that […]
Graduating Student Nurses
Students from St. Lukes College of Nursing have sat for their final exams and are waiting for their test results which should be announced in a couple of months. We’ve temporarily hired four of them to work with our nurses while they wait. Pictured above from left to right are Charles Phiri, Sothine Nhlane, Joseph […]
Comfort Clinics: At the Service of the Community
Our involvement in the field of health care is born of the teachings of Jesus Christ and of Catholic Social teaching. We know Jesus placed a particular emphasis on care for the sick and outcast – such as lepers – and his Apostles reportedly went about curing and anointing the sick. He identified so strongly […]
February Saw an Increase in Upper Respiratory Infections
February was another busy month at Comfort Clinics. Overall, we treated 5,672 patients, which is a 5% increase over January. The majority of the patients were in our Out-Patient Department (3,838). The number of Upper Respiratory Infections surpassed the number of Malaria cases – this is a typical occurrence as the rainy season progresses. The […]
Comfort Clinics Patient Volumes
Last quarter (October to December 2013) was the busiest quarter to date for Comfort Clinics. We treated 6,721 out-patients – 70% of which were children – and we admitted 1,078 in-patients into our Peadiatric and Maternity Wards. We thank all the staff for stepping up and keeping pace with the increased patient volume! By Jill […]
Comfort Clinics New Year Baby
Meet 18 year old Grace Rackson and her beautiful baby girl! She was the first baby born in 2014 at Comfort Clinics – our New Year’s Baby! She was born at 1:00 am on January 1st and weighed 2.8 kg. Congratulations Grace! We wish you and your baby all of the best! Some parting words […]
First Two Student Nurses leave a mark at Comfort Clinics
Comfort Clinics has been approved by Kamuzu College of Nursing Blantyre Campus to host student nurses in our Maternity Ward. The first two students – Pauline Tembo and Martha Katete – arrived on November 17th and completed their internship with us last week. Both women were already experienced nurses and had returned to college to […]
Dr. Andreotti Home for the Holidays
Dr. Giovanni Andreotti has completed his first three months as a Clinical Mentor at Comfort Clinics. Giovanni was sponsored by Project Malawi Onlus and Azienda Sanitaria Locale (ASL) of La Spezia to come to Malawi for one year. During his first three months here, he has focused on mentoring our Clinical Officer in the Pediatric […]
Get well soon, Martin
Bizarre silence lingered in the boys at Tigawane House this afternoon; a sole evidence that something someway is not fine. Yes-, Martin Masauko, 12, has not been well since this morning. According to the Mr. P. Munthali Martin has visited the Comfort clinics twice in the past week. He lies in his sick bed with […]