Current Residents

I am pursuing surgery because there is a high disease burden that requires surgical intervention and few surgeons on the ground. The majority of surgeons in Malawi are foreign and do not stay in Malawi for long periods of time. I believe it would make a tremendous difference if our country would have Malawian surgeons willing to stay and work in the country"

There is a big shortage of doctors in Malawi let alone surgeons, as such the work is overwhelming on the existing surgeons, I love surgery as it is so challenging and delicate."

Because I would like to work in Malawi as such this training at KCH brings me close to the people/patients I would serve"

I would love to subspecialize and do paediatric surgery. In Malawi, we have a lot of paediatric surgical cases that are being managed by general surgeons because of lack of paediatric surgeons so I would love to do this in order to help improve the standard of care to this population"

I am interested in surgery. The art of surgery and assisting people through surgical means is thrilling to me"

The KCH surgical department was looking for junior doctors interested to study surgery"

I want to be a general surgeon, be part of a team to develop this field in Malawi and possibly teach others, in this way we may have surgeons in district hospitals"

Interesting, challenging"

More fulfilling"

Favorable working environment"

To become a trauma surgeon"

Having a continuing residency training at KCH"

1. I have strong interest in ortopaedic surgery."

2. It’s a challenging job."

3. To address problem of human resources shortage in health sector"

The surgery dept was very welcoming"

There are adequate number of cases to learn from (different pathologies)"

Surgery is fascinating and challenging"

KCH has a large catchment area. Therefore a lot of different cases are seen. This prompts me to study hard and gain experience faster."

I would like to specialize in orthopaedic surgery. I would like to help patients in the district hospital, further train junior doctors and help in postgraduate [education] of junior doctors."