Lilongwe Institute of Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery - LION is a hospital, located at Mzimba Street, Lilongwe, Malawi. Visit their website www.lion.mw for more detailed information.

LION is a proposed autonomous musculoskeletal hospital wing for the department of orthopaedic surgery and neurosurgery at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi. Phase 1 is under construction, and LION is expected to open in the first half 2021.

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Mzimba Street, Lilongwe

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Added by Jopie, at 21 January 2015

LION is a proposed autonomous musculoskeletal hospital wing for the department of orthopaedic surgery at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi.

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Anynomous

18 January 2017

We would like to wholeheartedly thank @itello.ab for donating to our work! With the donations they have given we have been able to buy more external fixation equipment to save the limbs of many victims of road traffic accidents in Malawi. This young boy was one of the first to benefit from the new equipment. He nearly lost his leg in an accident but is now walking again.
Anynomous

12 December 2016

3 out of 5 possible prizes for the best surgical exam candidates at the COSECSA exams in Mombasa this year went to Malawi. Best exam result in FCS Urology, Charles Mabedi (left). Best result for MCS exam, Natasha Ngwira (centre). Best result Plastic Surgery, Wone Banda (right). All candidates from Malawi passed. 3 qualified as surgeons; 1 FCS Urology, 1 FCS Plastic Surgery, 1 FCS Orthopaedic surgery and 6 doctors passed their membership exam (MCS) after 2 years of training.
Anynomous

09 April 2016

LION is part of the long term plan to scale up trauma services in Malawi to meet the rising epidemic of injuries in the country. International institutional collaborations can ensure long term commitment, and support hospitals like Kamuzu Central Hospital in establishing their own training programs for surgeons. Despite a substantial increase in capacity over the last 5 years we can not keep up with the rise in road traffic accidents. Improved infrastructure and more trained staff are urgently needed in trauma care in Malawi. Please support the LION project by liking our page. You can contribute to our work by pressing the "sign up" button.
Anynomous

16 June 2015

Investment in surgery in low-income countries is urgently needed! If the current rate of growth of surgical services continues, Eastern Sub-Saharan Africa will not reach the recommended minimum of surgical services for over 100 years!!
Anynomous

23 May 2015

Thank you to the team from Haukeland University Hospital who made it possible for us to treat 20 patients that were severely disabled due to damaged hip joints, but could not afford treatment in a private hospital. They all received state of the art, modern total hip replacements (THR) in this year's THR Project at KCH. Thank you also to the private donors who made this possible and to Smith and Nephew for supplying the implants at a reduced cost for the project.
Anynomous

05 February 2015

With a modern, state of the art musculoskeletal hospital in Lilongwe, a lot of the money spent on external referral of patients to other countries could be kept in the country.
Anynomous

05 February 2015

Road Traffic Injuries are rapidly becoming one of the most common causes of death over all. The WHO has projected that RTIs will be the 5th most common cause of death by 2030, only surpassed by illnesses mostly experienced in old age. In young people RTIs are already the leading cause of death, and most deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC).
Anynomous

01 February 2015

Road traffic injuries (RTI) are the most frequent cause of death in young people between the age to 10 and 24. In this age group 97% (!) of all deaths globally occur in low and middle income countries. More than 3 times as many as get killed survive RTIs with permanent disabilities. In Malawi 2/3 of all road deaths are due to pedestrians and cyclists being hit by motor vehicles. This is a rapidly growing epidemic of the poor.
Anynomous

28 January 2015

In Malawi more than 3000 people die on the roads every year, and the numbers are rising rapidly. 10 000 people end up with permanent disability because of lack of modern trauma treatment. Thousands of children are denied proper treatment for congenital deformities, injuries and infections of the bones. We want to change this. The Ministry of Health of Malawi, Haukeland University Hospital in Norway, CBM, AO Alliance Foundation and many other partners are working together towards establishing a new independent trust to improve the treatment of injuries and musculoskeletal and neurosurgical disorders in Malawi. The proposed Lilongwe Institute of Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery (LION) will be the orthopaedic and neurosurgery wing of the public hospital in the capital, Lilongwe, serving a population of approx 6 million people.