MOI construction now in third phase

BY CORRESPONDENT

10th December 2013

Jumaa Almasi, MOI Medical Welfare and Public Relations officer

The construction of the Muhimbili Orthopaedic Institute (MOI) has reached its third phase that showcases a building to provide CT – SCAN, MRI, Cyberknife Digital Angiograph services the MOI Medical Welfare and Public Relations officer, Jumaa Almasi has said.

Speaking at the weekend in Dar es Salaam he said it will also have a public ward with at least 300 beds and a private one with 60 beds, due for completion by March next year.

“By March, next year, the third phase will be complete and this is a major achievement …the services to be offered there are currently not available,” he said. 
The first phase involved construction of offices and a ward with 32 private beds. The second saw the construction of a building to house a high tech laboratory, X-ray, Intensive Care Unit and Emergency, Theatre and Sterilisation unit.

The project, which aims at increasing the number of patients being treated at MOI, cost 17.9bn/-, according to PR Jumaa Almasi.

Patrick Mvungi, the MOI Public Relations Officer, singled out challenges that MOI faces to include a limited budget to purchase equipment and other materials as well as under staffing. 

SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN