THE
Dodoma-based Benjamin Mkapa Hospital (BMH) will next month introduce
Laparoscopic surgery service. An operation performed in the abdomen
through small incisions with the aid of a special camera.
BMH Managing Director, Dr Alphonse
Chandika, said recently that the health service, which is also called
minimally invasive surgery (MIS), was a new surgical technique. “Doctors
perform the operation through small incisions in the human body,” said
the BMH Managing Director during the launch of the new board of trustees
of the BMH.
A key element in laparoscopic surgery is
the use of a laparoscope, a long fibre optic cable system, which allows
viewing of the affected area by snaking the cable from a more distant,
but a more easily accessible location.
Dr Chandika said a team of doctors who
went to India to sharpen their medical skills on MIS recently returned
to Dodoma, pointing out one advantage of MIS was reduced pain due to
smaller incisions and shorter recovery time.
He said BMH had also teamed up with the
Dar es Salaam-based Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute (JKCI) to set up a
cath-lab, saying the service was vital for quick diagnosis of heart
complications when the hospital introduced cardiac care.
“This will help save time and costs of
sending a patient to JKCI in Dar es Salaam for health services,” said
the BMH Managing Director. Speaking at the event, the Minister for
Health, Community Development, Elderly and Children, Ms Ummy Mwalimu,
who graced the occasion, commended the hospital for great strides
recorded within a short time since its inception.
She said the government planned to upgrade
the hospital to national hospital level, saying the public hospital had
helped the government to save millions of money for performing kidney
transplant.
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