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Successful implementation required a large amount of logistic planning, flexibility, and improvisation. Close and timely postdelivery support by the manufacturer is crucial to the authors' ongoing success. SUMMARY: Low-field, portable MR imaging may expedite patient management in the setting of critical illness. We successfully implemented low-field MR imaging at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Malawi; a low-resource setting. We present our experience of low-field, portable MR imaging start-up and use in Malawi; the first of its kind in Sub-Saharan Africa, together with complementary troubleshooting mechanisms that may be used especially in similar resource-constrained contexts.