THE Bugando Medical
Centre (BMC) has introduced stricter mechanisms targeting to provide
cost effective, efficient and quality services to...
patients in the Lake
Zone.
BMC Director
General, Prof Abel Makubi said on Wednesday as he addressed a staff
bi-annual meeting that from now on, business as usual practices will be
strictly checked, including making sure super specialised services are
introduced in the next six months.
He said the new
innovations will make it possible for the Zonal Referral and Teaching
Hospital to implement all the directives made by President John Magufuli
when he toured the facility in July this year.
"We are coming up
with lots of innovations and services in the first half of the coming
year, and all the departments must be ready for the changes. Some will
involve specialists and registrars who will be tasked to make sure
patients receive quality services, reduce deaths and prolong lives," he
said.
On the introduction
of an Eye Institute, Prof Makubi said the construction of the new
facility will cost over 3bn/-and will be expected to start full
operation in the next two years, if all goes well.
He said BMC remains
grateful to the government for the regular support, including
1.7bn/-for the Oncology Department as well as construction of cancer
wards among other accomplishments.
Prof Makubi hailed
impressive working spirits of the staff, financial accountability and
patriotism that have managed to prevent theft of drugs that was rampant
before.
He recalled the
time when he reported in the office and found countless allegations and
proven theft of drugs worth over 5bn/-, while the prices of drugs were
haphazardly hiked, with only one patient out of ten being able to get
prescribed drugs.
He said today
things have changed, with nine out of ten patients getting drugs on time
and hospital revenues sharply rising from just 400m/-a month to over
1.4bn/-a month today.
Prof Makubi warned
doctors against unfair treatment of patients, and directed them to start
implementing new communication system of introducing themselves to
patients before attending to them and make sure discharges are friendly
and systematic.
Another
announcement was on the coming of 200 new beds, timely issuance of lab
results within 48 hours and not weeks as was the case before
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