Govt spends 1.5bn/- for hospital construction in Tunduma
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September 9, 2021
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Sep 2021
Felister Peter
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The Guardian
Govt spends 1.5bn/- for hospital construction in Tunduma
THE government has in the 2021/2022 financial year disbursed 1.5bn/- for construction of a hospital at Tunduma town in Songwe Region.
The project includes construction of a laboratory building, x-ray room, emergency department, administration block, operation room and other structures to be used for providing eye clinic services.
Deputy Minister of State in the President's Office responsible for Regional Administration and Local Government (PO-RALG) Dr Festo Dugange told the National Assembly yesterday that the government continues to implement projects for improvement of the health sector which includes construction of hospitals and health centers.
He was responding to a question by Special Seats legislator, Juliana Shonza who wanted to know when the government will launch the newly constructed hospital buildings in Tunduma town.
Dr Dugange noted that the government has also disbursed 14.8bn/- for construction of four hospitals in Tunduma town, Songwe, Momba and Ileje districts. He said upon completion, the district hospital in Tunduma town will cost 9.5bn/-. He said the Tunduma hospital project is implemented in two phases whereas the first phase includes construction of Out Patient Department (OPD) at a cost of 4bn/- and a one-storey building, which has been constructed since the past financial year.
He said some of the hospital’s buildings have already started to be sued for provision of maternal and child health (MCH) care.