The famous (in Malawi) college of medicine (COM) is placed in Blantyre. Walking inside is like going into another dimension, nice buildings, well-dessed students, wireless internet conection (in the library)... All this to try to build an institution that will form health proffesionals for Malawi.
The facilities are quite good, but the lack of staff is enormous. I have talked about this before, not many people is happy to come and work in the warm heart of Africa...
For example, in the premed course we have 70 students in the class (only one swift), there is not an appropiated chemistry lab, and we have lots of glassware, but we haven't got a technician and nobody has found the time to do an inventory, I will try to do it myself.
For an ordinary European, getting used to the Malawian way of working can be a bit of a nighmare, we have the impression that nothing can be planned in advance. Many times we seem to be fighting against the system, or against the MMT (Malawy May be Time) but people is truely great and after a while you can forget it all.
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