Mpiripiri health centre stops assisting patients

Reports indicate that Mpilipili Health Centre in Makanjira, Mangochi, has not been operating for close to a week now.

According to some residents, this follows a strike that the health workers at the facility are staging due to unavailability of water.

Reports indicate that a water pump which is used for pumping water broke down weeks ago and authorities are yet to repair the pump.

One of the health workers who spoke to radio Islam said “we decided to halt services as they cannot continue to work without water especially now with the COVID 19 pandemic.”

Meanwhile, a local NGO working in the health sector in the area Makanjira Development Foundation MDF has asked authorities to repair and restore the water pump saying the strike is an infringement on people’s right to quality health care. 

Director of Health Services in Mangochi, Dr Henry Chibowa is yet to comment on the matter as he could not pick calls despite several efforts.