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Over 2 million infants born every year in Tanzania, 20,000 have heart diseases, 5000 need surgery, data shows.
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Over 2 million infants born every year in Tanzania, 20,000 have heart diseases, 5000 need surgery, data shows.

Over 150 children with heard diseases are currently on the waiting list for surgery at the Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute (JKCIA), with each to cost between Tsh 8m/- and 10m/-. it has been learnt. The number of call for support from stakeholders to cushion cost burden, according to Prof Janabi, the Executive  Director of the...

Muhimbili begins offering bone marrow transplants
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Muhimbili begins offering bone marrow transplants

The Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) has started conducting bone marrow transplantation ahead of other hospitals in East Africa. The medical treatment has been a piercing issue for a while as patients had to be sent abroad for treatment at a higher cost sometimes not able to attain. Last month Benjamin Mkapa Hospital in Dodoma announced...