Salima District Hospital is pleading for support from well-wishers to help repair electric pots and purchase a new auto crave among other equipment for effective health service delivery.

Malawi Council for the Handicapped (MACOHA) says unless Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) or their parents are economically empowered, cases of people begging on the street will remain a big issue.

Human Resources for Health Coalition, a grouping of health service providers have pleaded with parliament to help in safeguarding the financial allocation towards the sector for effective service delivery.

Police in Salima have arrested a man on charges of a suspected theft by trickery and impersonating a public officer.