Over Sh1bn saved as 66 children undergo heart surgery at MNH

>Muhimbili National Hospital(MNH) saved about Sh1.3 billion this week by carrying out heart surgeries on 66 children born with heart defects instead of referring them abroad for treatment.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

BBC

Kanu has corrective heart surgery

Former Nigeria skipper Nwankwo Kanu is recovering in the United States after undergoing corrective heart surgery.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

28 Apr

Kikwete opens MNH centre for heart diseases

>President Jakaya Kikwete yesterday inaugurated the Centre for Cardiac Surgery, Treatment and Training of the Muhimbili National Hospital, insisting that the facility should serve all Tanzanians regardless of their status.

 

10 years ago

BBC

11 Aug

Nigeria live-tweets heart surgery

A state-run hospital in Nigeria live-tweets an operation to repair a hole in the heart of an eight-year-old girl, in a first for the West African state.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

21 Aug

Plan afoot to raise Sh1bn for poor children

Two organisations have teamed up in an initiative aimed at raising Sh1.2 billion to help needy children in Tanzania.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

22 Nov

Over 40 children to undergo cleft lip palate operations in Geita

More than 40 children from different parts of Geita Region are expected to undergo cleft lip operations at Sekou Toure Hospital in Mwanza Region under the sponsorship of Geita Gold Mining.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

21 Jun

Traditional surgery puts children at risk

An alarming number of children have died after throat surgery to remove the uvula, popularly known as kimeo in Kiswahili, in a procedure carried out clandestinely by some traditional healers in Dar es Salaam’s suburbs.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

10 May

Muhimbili goes high tech to repair children’s heart defects

Tanzania yesterday made a giant leap in modern medical technology with the announcement of a high tech device to treat children born with heart defects.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

06 Sep

Mothers to blame over children’s heart diseases, diabetes, says medical officer

Expectant mothers are to blame for increasing cases of heart diseases among infants in the country, Kaloleni Health Centre medical officer in-charge Anna Kimaro has said.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

14 Jul

Sh1bn for in-patient wards at KCMC

The Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) Referral Hospital will spend Sh1billion on the construction of two wards for in-patients, a big relief for the regional hospital currently facing a bed crisis for admitted patients.

 

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