MALAWI: Government Beefs Up Catholic University Nursing Skills Lab
Vice-Chancellor, Rev. Dr. George Buleya shows one Pelvis Model.
Luke Bisani
Malawi Government through Ministry of Health has donated skills lab equipment to the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery at the Catholic University of Malawi to reduce the student -equipment ratio in the skills laboratory.
The donation follows a needs assessment that the Ministry conducted in institutions of higher learning that offer Nursing and Midwifery courses in the country.
Dean of the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery at Catholic University Susan Sundu has applauded the Malawi Government for the donation saying it has beefed up skills lab equipment that the University has.
Sundu added that the donation will help lecturers in demonstrating to students during practical lessons in the Skills lab.
“As a young faculty we still lack skills equipment. As such, this donation is a relief. Actually we had plans to buy the equipment but now the money will be invested in something else,” said Sundu.
The Ministry has donated three Pelvic Models that are used for Midwifery demonstration when students are in the skills lab.
The three Pelvic Models have been donated to Nursing and Midwifery Institution of higher learning in the country with the help of the Department of International Development (DFID) and The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
Established in 2015, the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery has over one hundred and fifty students enrolled at the Catholic University of Malawi. The Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery released the first cohort of its graduates in 2019.
The faculty is among the seven faculties at the Catholic University of Malawi.
