Scottish Emergency Medicine - Malawi Project

In 2010 the NHS Tayside leaders of this project developed with Scottish Gov International development funding the first dedicated Adult and Emergency centre at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre Malawi.

The Scottish team working with Malawi colleagues developed a fit for purpose unit with emphasis on developing service and training. Despite in country severe resource limitations this unit has made a considerable impact on delivering improved sustainable Emergency care for the population it serves. At the request of the Ministry of Health in Malawi The NHS Tayside team have successfully received further Scottish Government funding for an ambitious development of 3 further Emergency and Trauma units at the remaining Central Hospitals in Lilongwe, Mzuzu and Zomba delivering by 2023 a National trauma network for Malawi