THE Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children has allocated 30bn/- to improve health service delivery in Simiyu, Njombe, Mara and Katavi, the National Assembly was told here yesterday.
Deputy Minister Dr Faustine Ndugulile
told the House that the government has also ordered ambulances that will
be distributed amongst the hospitals facing shortage of the facilities.
The deputy minister was responding to a
question by Special Seats MP, Lukago Midimu (CCM), who had highlighted
that Itilima and Busega districts face shortage of health facilities and
that the ongoing construction does not meet the demand to improve
health service delivery in the area.
“Currently, the construction is centred
on Outpatient Department (OPD). The district faces shortage of maternal
ward and yet there is no ambulance to help patients in case of
emergency,” she said.
Josephat Kandege, Deputy Minister in the
Office of the President (Regional Administration and Local
Governments), explained that there was a serious shortage of health
centres in Itilima and Busega districts which have a population of over
half a million people.
The deputy minister said up to now
Itilima has three health centres and 27 dispensaries while Busega has
only four health centres and 18 dispensaries. “We are working with
Canada and UNFPA to improve health service provision and delivery
. At least 1.2bn/- has been allocated to
improve infrastructures in the districts,” he told the National
Assembly. He further added that some 525 m/- was allocated for Ikindilo
health centre infrastructure and 450 m/- for Nasa Health centre in
Itilima and Busega respectively.
“We also allocated 240 m/- to improve
infrastructure in eight dispensaries where each will get 30 m/-,” he
said. He announced that during the Financial Year 2018/19, the
government has allocated 1.5bn/- for the two districts to improve health
infrastructures.
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