Madonna in Malawi to open kids' hospital wing


  • World
  • Tuesday, 11 Jul 2017

US pop star Madonna has adopted four Malawian children. - AFP/file

Blantyre (Malawi) (AFP) - US pop superstar Madonna was due Tuesday to formally open a children's hospital wing that her charity has built in Malawi and which is named after one of her four adopted Malawian children.

The Mercy James paediatric hospital unit in Blantyre, the country's second city, has taken two years to build and includes three operating theatres and a 50-bed ward.

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