Beit-CURE Children’s Hospital of Malawi, a hospital for children with treatable disabilities like knock knees, cleft lip, and bowed legs, has earned the highest possible patient safety rating from international accreditor SafeCare. This achievement, awarded in 2023 October, highlights the hospital’s success in delivering high-quality surgical care so that children can grow up healthy. CURE Malawi provides surgical care to children at no cost to patients or their families.
“We are grateful that an independent and international organization like SafeCare has recognized CURE Malawi’s dedication to positive patient outcomes,” said Dr. Rhoda Jura Kriek, Executive Director at Beit-CURE Children’s Hospital of Malawi. “We pray this achievement encourages more parents of children with treatable disabilities to contact us for free life-changing surgeries.”
CURE Malawi exists to serve children who are suffering from surgically treatable disabilities with care that meets or exceeds international patient safety standards. To that end, the hospital entered the Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Certification Program by SafeCare in May 2022. The hospital has worked with SafeCare for the past two years to elevate the hospital’s standards to new heights, which resulted in the hospital attaining SafeCare Level 5 certification, the highest level of care possible.
“Surgical quality should be the same regardless of nationality, private or public funding, or the economic status of patients. We all deserve good care, so having quality standardized across borders, as demonstrated by CURE International, creates equity and assures patient safety,” said Millicent Olulo, Regional Director at SafeCare. “There is no doubt that CURE hospitals are committed to creating a positive impact in communities.”
For more information on SafeCare, visit https://www.safe-care.org/who-we-are/safecare-standards/
About the Beit-CURE Children’s Hospital of Malawi
Established in Blantyre in 2002, CURE Malawi is a teaching hospital that provides over 2,500 life-changing reconstructive and orthopedic surgeries each year for children suffering from treatable disabilities. With 58 beds and three operating theaters, the hospital is internationally recognized by the College of Surgeons of East, Central, and Southern Africa (COSECSA). In addition to world-class medical care, CURE Malawi ministers to the emotional and spiritual needs of patients and their communities. The Beit Trust, a UK-based charity, provided the initial funding for this facility as a gift to the people of Malawi. Services are offered at no cost to families through the generous support of CURE’s partners and donors worldwide.no cost to families through the generous support of CURE’s partners and donors worldwide.
For more information or request for interviews, please contact:
Sunganani Mughogho, Community Mobilization Coordinator, CURE Malawi
Phone: +265 883186156
