JAKAYA Kikwete Cardiac Institute (JKCI) in partnership with India’s BLK Super Specialist Hospital has conducted 20 heart surgeries, saving over 340m/- that could have been spent in undertaking the operations abroad.
JKCI Director of Cardiology Peter
Kisenge said in Dar es Salaam yesterday that the patients with mitral
stenosis complications were attended to during a two-day camp that saw
other patients undergoing special screening for heart veins and
arteries.
Dr Kisenge said that out of the 20
patients, some were operated due to heart valve and veins complications
while others were implanted with peacemakers. He explained that the
operations would have cost 500m/- if the patients were referred to India
since each one could have paid 25m/- but at JKCI the cost per patient
was 8m/-.
One of the patients, Monica Mahenge from
Tanga Region who was suffering from mitral stenosis said that she was
facing breathing problem, which was related to asthma, but after
attending clinic at the JKCI she was diagnosed with heart valve
complication.
“I thank God that I am now doing fine, I
have suffered from this complication for about 15 years,” she said.
Meanwhile, Muhimbili Orthopaedic Institute (MOI) in collaboration with
Indian specialists also conducted a surgery camp for patients with spine
complications.
Speaking to journalists, Head of the
Neurosurgery firm II at MOI, Dr Nicephorus Rutabansibwa, said that the
camp was conducted, thanks to training cooperation on shared experience
and capacity building between the two institutions.
He said over 100 patients benefited from
the camp, with some receiving consultation services as others were
diagnosed and attended the clinic by the local doctors in collaboration
with specialists from India.
Dr Rutabansibwa noted that the number of
patients with spinal complications has been increasing due to a myriad
of reasons, including traffic accidents, biological factors like cancer,
tuberculosis and other diseases.
A group of doctors from BLK Super
Specialist Hospital led by Dr Puneet Girdhar, Spinal Surgeon commended
MOI for improved infrastructure. MOI has been collaborating with various
international institutions to improve services and build capacity to
its health personnel to reduce the number of people seeking the services
abroad
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