The Government has officially announced not to
upgrade a famous health centre popularly known by many as Palestina which is
located at Palestina area in Sinza suburb, Dar es Salaam city into the district
hospital. The government’s announcement was made in the Parliament on Monday
this week during question and answer session by the deputy minister of State in
President’s Office who is responsible for Local Government and Regional
Administration Josephat Kendege. The deputy minister was responding to the
question which was earlier raised by Ubungo legislator Said Kubenea (Chadema)
which was asked on his behalf by Rombo legislator Joseph Selasini
(Chadema) who wanted to know when the
government will upgrade the centre into a district hospital.
Said Kubenea
The minister said
that, although the centre has strategically located in areas with higher
population density with a number of specialized doctors, it still lacks many
medical facilities and some important infrastructures needed in order to
accommodate patients who are attended there. The minister outlined some other
factors which have stood as a stumbling block into convincing the government to
make it a district hospital such as lack of enough buildings for accommodation
and for treatment. In view of this, however, the government has directed the district
council authorities to look for the 20 hectares of land on which a new hospital
should be built with full status of being a district hospital.
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