Joyce Banda New President of Malawi

Joyce Banda has been sworn in as new President of the Republic of Malawi.

The New President of Malawi Joyce Banda said, “The constitution would be followed. I don’t think there is any way we can discuss who is a caretaker and who is not,” she said. The constitution is prevailing right now”.

The Malawi top Army chiefs, Police Chief, the attorney General and several cabinet ministers and MPs were standing near Her Excellency Joyce Banda as she spoke.

The Malawi transport Minister Sidik Mia who vehemently opposed Moves by other ministers to subvert the constitution on Saturday rallied ministers to the resident of Vice president Joyce Banda to give her authority to take charge of Malawi under the terms of the constitution following the death of president Bingu wa Mutharika.

Mutharika died of cardiac arrest after collapsing from statehouse Thursday.

After Milpark Hospital in South Africa confirmed the death of Bingu Wa Mutharika, the Secretary to the President and cabinet Bright Msaka announced ,there will be 10days of national mourning and the constitution will be adhered to in managing the transition” .

Doctors who treated President Bingu wa Mutharika revealed that although Mutharika was already dead by the time he arrived at the hospital, his chances to be resuscitated were narrowed by lack of an essential drug-Adrenaline-which is used to resuscitate people stricken by cardiac Arrest.

“When he arrived we realised that the central hospital had run out of adrenaline or epinephrine, the main drug used during resuscitation from cardiac arrest,” Said one of the doctors at Kamuzu Central Hospital where Mutharika was rushed to on Thursday morning.

The Doctor Explained that 1mg is supposed to be given to a cardiac arrest patient at least every three minutes during the period.

“It took us an Hour before we could get some adrenaline from a nearby clinic managed by the University of North Carolina (UNC) project,” He added.

The doctor said purchase of Adrenaline for stocking was not possible because of inadequate funding following the Zero deficit budget which has led to a cut in the amount of most essential but rarely used drugs.

“Cardiac Arrest leads to heart failure and when the heart stops working, the next thing is that oxygen stops going to the brain and within three minutes, the brain shuts down and a person is pronounced dead because chances of resuscitation are almost zero depending on the age,” said one of the doctors at the hospital.