Philanthropist and First Capital Bank (FCB) founder Hitesh Anadkat and his family have donated a $720 000 (about K1.26 billion) Computerised Tomographical (CT) scanner to Blantyre Adventist Hospital (BAH) to boost health service delivery.
Speaking during the handover in Blantyre yesterday, he said the gesture is out of his family’s passion for the country’s health sector and the health of the people of Malawi.
Anadkat stressed the need for the machine to be kept in good condition to enhance its sustainability to cater for the wider population.
He said: “This is my town, this my city and this is my community and the community needed this very badly. So, I thought that if not me, then who? If I can afford to do it, it is my obligation to do it.
“All humans want to live healthy lives and want to live longer and naturally as a human I can relate to the needs of the health sector.”
BAH chief executive officer Kirby Kasinja hailed the Anadkat family for the donation, saying the challenges they experienced because of the absence of the CT scanner will be history.
Ministry of Health and Sanitation director of curative and rehabilitative health services Frank Sinyiza, who was the guest of honour, said the machine is beneficial to the country.
He said in the absence of the CT scanner, they used to refer patients abroad, but now patients will be treated within the country.
The Anadkat family has previously made similar contributions to the country’s health sector. In 2025, they spent K1 billion to construct a building and refurbished two others at the Children’s Accident and Emergency Unit at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre.
The CT scanner is a medical imaging device used for X-ray and computer processing to detect inner parts of the body and check for tumours and other cancerous diseases. It uses a computer to create cross-sectional images, also called slices, of the bones, blood vessels and soft tissues. CT scan images show more detail than plain X-rays do.
