Rotary Club donation to help hospital save K12m annually

Bwaila Rotary Club of Lilongwe has donated an X-Ray machine and ultrasound machines to Blessings Hospital Project in Lilongwe.

Blessings Hospital is owned by philanthropist Napoleon Dzombe and is located in Lumbadzi.

Speaking when he received the donation on Monday, Dzombe said with the X-Ray and ultrasound equipment, the facility will save over K12 million annually in outsourced X-Ray fees.

“Before we received the X-Ray, the hospital would send patients to other hospitals for diagnosis, which is expensive,” he said.

Dzombe said the hospital subsidises the purchase of medicine and other hospital needs to make quality healthcare accessible to the poor.

He said: “Most people in Lumbadzi are not employed and their income is little. I spend between K1.7 million and K3 million per month to subsidise hospital services.

“I am humbled with your assistance and let us continue to work together to make the hospital good for the public.”

Bwaila Rotary Club president Hefezee Ibrahim Jamal, who was accompanied by regional leader of Rotary clubs in Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi, Gabriel Chipala, pledged to continue working with Blessings Hospital to serve the less-privileged.

“This is a huge project that will change Blessings Hospital. We hear ambulances have been running up and down with patients to access X-Ray diagnosis,” he said.

Jamal also said they are refurbishing operating rooms at the hospital.

The donation was supported by Thousand Oaks Rotary Club of America.