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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Charity Gladstone

I work in the NHS and Malawi – we need to urgently rethink how we see health spending

A healthcare worker tends to a new arriving patient at Bwaila District hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi - (AFP/Getty)

In Malawi, we have lost people we knew because oxygen was not available when they needed it.

We have seen people desperately needing lifesaving treatment, such as dialysis, but unable to access it. These are not abstract failures of health systems. They are devastating experiences for families, and they stay with you.

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