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special seat legislator Suzan Lyimo (Chadema) has decided to reveal in public
her long illness saying that, she is suffering from diabetic mellitus. She had
raised a supplementary question with a view to know from the government side if
there are medical experts with extra treatment on the disease. She told
parliamentarians that, she had been hearing that there are medical experts who
advertise themselves that are able to cure the diseases and wanted to hear what
the government is saying about their claims. Responding to the question, the
Deputy Minister of Health, Community development, Gender, Elderly and Children
Dr. Faustine Ndugulile said that up to now, there is no local cure of the
disease up to now which has been proved to be active. The deputy minister has
called upon all registered medical experts if they think have correct cure
should follow the right channels as laid down rules and regulations instead of
advertising themselves. He said through the right channels is together with
their herbal medicines to be researched well and later be given registration by
the authorities concerned so as to please the government.
Dr. Faustine Ndugulile
On Kidney victims,
the deputy minister said that, about 240 patients have been operated at the
Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH). The deputy minister was responding to the
supplementary question which was raised by a special seat legislator Farhia
Shomari (CCM) who wanted to know how many patients who suffers kidney
complications have been attended by the MNH. The minister noted that, in 2011
when the kidney treatments were introduced, there were 10 patients and now
their number has shot up to 240 patients. He said at the moment, the kidney
clinic at MNH receives an average of 60 patients per day and those attended for
purification of kidneys are 80 per day. He said up to now about 10 patients
have been given other kidneys at the hospital and according to him, the
government is planning to give kidneys to at least five patients at the
hospital every month. However, he noted that his ministry will continue working
in close collaboration with other stakeholders to educate people so that they
may know to protect themselves from being attacked by the kidney disease.
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