Mobility challenges have been described as a major setback hampering efforts to conduct child labor inspection in the district where the vice is alleged to be prevalent in the tea supply chain.

In the wake of the recent devaluation of the Kwacha and the fuel price hike, the National Organisation of Nurses and Midwifes of Malawi (NONM) has asked the government to revise upwards salaries and Covid-19 risk allowances for health workers.

Zodiak has established that Thyolo District Hospital has stopped offering dental services for weeks now owing to lack of medical supplies.

Health authorities at Thyolo District Hospital say they are grappling with the acute shortage of staff and medical equipment such as, blood pressure machines and thermometers.

Shortage of dental lignocaine has hit public health facilities across the country with patients in need of tooth extraction seeking the service in private health facilities.

Sotto Sopra Malawi has supported Thyolo District Hospital with five oxygen cylinders, days after Zodiak Online reported about the challenges choking the facility in the fight against COVID-19.

Thyolo District Hospital on Thursday commissioned its Highly Dependent Unit (HDU).

Cleaners at Thyolo district hospital working under Zamathu Investment have put down their tools in attempt to force their employer pay them their two months salaries.

The Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) says has acquired some equipment from partners in America that will enable the University to establish a COVID-19 high-tech testing center.

Amid reports of shortage of essential medical drugs in public health facilities, Thyolo District Hospital is reported to have run out of antibiotics.