A Member of Parliament, Wilfred Mpisa of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for Phalombe North East, calls for the name of John Chilembwe Hospital to be reverted to Phalombe District Hospital. Mpisa raises the issue in a parliamentary constituency statement, urging the government to restore the facility’s original designation. The request reignites a naming dispute linked to a decision made during the former presidency of Lazarus Chakwera, according to both reports.
Both sources describe Mpisa as framing his demand around the hospital’s status as the district’s main referral health facility and arguing that it should regain its earlier name. The articles do not provide details on what prompted the earlier renaming or on any government response to the proposal. The call signals continued political debate over public institutions’ names and the process used to change them. At present, the available reporting focuses on Mpisa’s appeal in Parliament and the background of the earlier decision, without documenting further steps toward any renaming.
