A PATIENT who briefed Dr John Magufuli on the failure of MRI and CT-Scan machines at Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) has declined to leave the hospital even as doctors insist that he has fully recovered.
The patient, Chacha Makenge, is
currently putting up in Ward Number 18 of the Muhimbili Orthopaedic
Institute (MOI), and according to the Acting Director, Dr Samwel Swai,
he had been discharged since December 10.
According to him, after realising that
Makenge was not able to pay for his fare back home in Mugumu, Serengeti
District in Mara Region, prompting the hospital to pay his fare but he
disappeared without notifying anybody at the facility.
According to MOI Public Relations
Officer, Mr Patrick Mvungi, the hospital paid 33,000/- for Makenge’s
fare while another 57,000/- was set aside as his pocket money.
But he reportedly disappeared before
taking his ticket and the money. "He came back on December 17 and since
then he has stayed in the ward and our efforts to convince him to leave
the hospital has hit a brick wall,’’ he said.
The acting MOI chief said the hospital
was now contemplating calling specialists from the MNH Psychiatric
Department to examine the state of his mind to see if he is mentally
challenged.
Makenge has been at the hospital for
three months and according to Dr Swai, his treatment had cost the
facility more than 300,000/-.
But he insisted that he had fully
recovered and that he had no any other problems that needed treatment
from MOI. On November 9, Dr Magufuli made an impromptu visit to MNH and
ordered that Makenge, who had stayed in the hospital for two months, be
taken for an immediate CT-Scan.
Makenge had from his hospital bed;
briefed Dr Magufuli on what was transpiring at the hospital, including
the quality of services and failure of crucial equipment at the
facility.
The ‘Daily News’ visited Makenge but he
declined any comment regarding his decision to stay on. He did not utter
a word despite efforts to convince him to talk.
The Nurse in-Charge of the ward, Ms
Lidarose Rutaguza, said Makenge had at one point left his bed and went
on to sleep on the floor without stating why he had opted to do so.
"There are times when he would decide to
disappear from the hospital and go out for the whole day and come back
in the evening without saying what he has been doing out there,’’ she
added
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