This author also reported on human rights violations by police in Malawi centering on an incident in which seven people died in a police cell at a police station. The story further revealed the disappearance (until today) of three suspected rogues.
A family of four, the youngest member being two and half years live in a remote setting served by a single mission hospital in Malawi. When the youngest member of the family Jeffrey is struck by the deadly malaria, his mother takes him to the sole but ill equipped catholic mission hospital called Mua where a consultant western clinical officers prescribes blood transfusion as the baby is badly anemic. It later transpires that the blood used had HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The hospital tries to hide it all by authorizing free medication for the baby indefinitely. This is later withdrawn when this reporter gets wind of the matter and starts probing. This contravenes Article 25 of the UDHR as everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family.
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