Business Computing wins QECH golf tournament
Business Computing Services’ golf team left Blantyre Sports Club (BSC) a happy lot on Sunday after winning the fundraising golf for the newly established Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Unit at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH).
Comprising Golf Union of Malawi (Guom) president James Chimwaza and Mayamiko Kalizang’oma, the team amassed 47 points to outsmart a field of 52 golfers, including runners-up TNM’s duo Yasin Njalale and Chris Nyamukonde (44 points) and Old Mutual’s team of Teri Amaro and Wilma Chalulu (42 points).
However, Chimwaza, whose team holed out two birdies, nine pars and five bogeys, said they are excited that they managed to pluck a trophy out of the charity event, which aimed at raising funds for the purchase of theatre and ward equipment at the unit.
“We played fantastic golf today; I alternated well with my partner and we were a formidable duo. Nevertheless, what is important is that we have been involved in this charity golf in a very special way,” Chimwaza said before receiving a trophy from QECH chief surgeon Dr Kondwani Chalulu.
According to ENT surgeon Dr. Wakisa Mulwafu, they have raised K1 million from the golf event, but they would like to raise at least K100 million to fulfil their plan of furnishing the unit with necessary equipment for training and operations.
Mulwafu, the only ENT surgeon for the country’s 14 million population, urged more companies and organisations to help in the development of the ENT Unit. He said they decided to have a special unit for ENT services after noting that such services require sophisticated and delicate equipment that needs to be found at one place.
“We would like this unit to be fully operational by 2016. We are going to conduct more fundraising activities for this cause and we urge more companies and organisations to help. At present, we have more than 500 000 people in need of such services in the country,” he said.
