Name: A MURDERER IN THE MARTENITY WARD by inno kumchedwa
Duration: 10 min 36 s
Description: This story chronicles story of death of a new born of a mother who reported a health-worker who demanded bribes in the maternity ward died.

This story chronicles story of death of a new born of a mother who reported a health-worker who demanded bribes in the maternity ward died.

A MURDERER IN THE MARTENITY WARD

This story is telling  story of death of a new born of a mother who reported a health-worker who demanded bribes in the maternity ward. This mother who was at time pregnant and in labour pain was being demanded to pay 50 000 Malawi Kwacha ($65) to a clinician at Bwaila district Hospital ( a government hospital) for her to be helped to give birth. When this mother reported to Ant-Corruption Bureau, the next day the woman found out her child’s pipe had been disconnected from oxygen and died.

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This story tells of plight of mothers with under-5 children born with HIV.

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This article tells a sad story of how Secondary School Students  were disrupted in course of writing  their final national examinations by a heavy and destructive thunder storms which ended-up damaging their school. The reporter uses this narrative to tell how neglected public infrastructure in Malawi poses a danger to many (students in schools, patients in hospitals, inmates in prisons etc)

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Innocent Kumchedwa investigates how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the HIV sector in Malawi.
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Over a decade ago Mgona township in Lilongwe City (Malawi's Capital) only had three communal taps for the whole township, and no one else had tapped water. During those times, outbreaks like Cholera used to be very common. I recently visited the township to report on what has or not changed.

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In this special report; Innocent Kumchedwa exposes the dehumanizing work conditions for sugarcane field workers at Salima Sugar Company.

In this year-long investigation, Innocent Kumchedwa, has documented evidence of lack of enforcement of workers’ safety measures resulting in injuries such as snake bites and no compensation for some victims.

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I am an Investigative reporter based in Malawi, passionate in speaking for the voiceless and exposing what others want hidden.

A MURDERER IN THE MARTENITY WARD

inno kumchedwa

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