UNANNOUNCED tours and inspections in
both public and private health facilities will be intensified, the
National Assembly was told.
Deputy Minister of Health, Community
Development, Gender, Elderly and Children Dr Hamis Kingwangala said that
impromptu inspections are meant to find out if health service providers
were fully delivering.
He was responding to Faida Mohamed
Bakari (Special Seats-CCM), who maintained that there was sickening
violation of maternal rights, which is a threat to safe motherhood. She
wanted to know what the government was doing to ensure that mothers’
rights were highly respected and health services were also improved.
Dr Kingwangala noted that the government
has been visiting health facilities in many areas to see if services
provided met the required standards, promising that this time round
government is determined to intensify the inspection.
“These unexpected visits are done by any
government official tasked with overseeing the performance of the
health sector and it is done both in private and public health centres
and hospitals,” he said, adding that the move was significant in
ensuring that health services are improved.
He urged the public to report health
workers who mistreat expectant mothers and other patients so that
disciplinary measures could taken against such unprofessional workers.
Meanwhile, the government allocated
51m/- in 2015/2016 financial year to cater for drugs and medical
supplies in Tarime District Hospital. As of now the hospital has
received 35.8m/-, according to Dr Kingwangala.
He was responding to Ms Esther Matiko
(Tarime Urban- Chadema) who wanted to know government plans to ensure
that the hospital has adequate drugs and medical supplies from Medical
Stores Department (MSD).
Ms Matiko in her question noted that
Tarime District Hospital needed special considerations at it is serving
residents from other two nearby Districts of Rorya and Serengeti and
neighboring Kenya.
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