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The Minister of Health, Community Development, Gender, Seniors and Children, Ummy Mwalimu, made the remarks yesterday in the Simiyu area after inspecting the ongoing construction of the facility.
"We have set aside 1.5 billion shillings in our financial budget and 1.1 billion shillings from other sources to complete the construction of maternity homes," she said. Songwe, Mtwara and Tabora regions to increase the capacity of institutions to provide specialized services.
She also pointed out that the move will help reduce the number of patients who must travel or are referred to Dar es Salaam and Mwanza in search of the same services.
For his part, Simiyu Regional Commissioner Antony Mtaka said his office had allocated land for the construction of a zone hospital and other buildings related to health
. He said his office was ready to work with the Ministry of Health to ensure that the national program for the delivery of quality health services is achieved.
"We are ready as a regional office to collaborate with the lead ministry." On July 2, the government transferred all referral hospitals to the Department of Health, Community Development, Seniors and Children of Canada. Office of the President (Regional Government and Local Government) Mwalimu revealed in Dar es Salaam that the decision was to implement President John Magufuli's directive, which came into force on July 1 of this year.
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