Mariella Furrer Photography

Feature Stories: Nurse Shortage, Malawi

Beatrice Mkandawine, a registered nurse, feeds a month old baby boy suffering from Hirschprungs disease ( a disease of the colon) through a nasal tube. The high dependecy unit of the pediatrics ward at the Lilongwe Central Hospital. The boy was admitted to hospital on May 13, 2004 and was operated on and given a temporary colostamy. May 2004
Beatrice Mkandawine, a registered nurse, feeds a month old baby boy suffering from Hirschprungs disease ( a disease of the colon) through a nasal tube. The high dependecy unit of the pediatrics ward at the Lilongwe Central Hospital. The boy was admitted to hospital on May 13, 2004 and was operated on and given a temporary colostamy. May 2004