Wadau, leo nimesoma kwa furaha mno habari ya hospitali ya Muhimbili kupata mashine zaidi za hemodialysis. Hizo mashine zinasafisha damu za wenye matatizo ya figo. Nadhani karibu kila mtu Tanzania anamfahamu mtu au ana ndugu ambaye alifariki dunia shauri ya kukosa huduma hiyo.
Kama huna hela ya kusafiri kwenda nje kupata tiba au kwenda private ni kifo tu! Na hata ukipata huduma hiyo ni duni, kwa sababu watu hawapati tiba ya kutosha. Mfano, hapa Marekani wagonjwa wa figo wanapata dialysis mara tatu kwa wiki kwa masaa manne au matano. Tanzania, kwa sababu mashine ni chache na wagonjwa wengi mtu anapata tiba kwa masaa mawili tu, mara moja kwa wiki. Haitoshi.
Napongeza serikali kwa kuimarisha huduma za tiba Tanzania. Na wanaweza kufanya zaidi. Pesa zisiishie kununua ndege, mashangingi na vitu vingine vya bei za ajabu huko hospitali ni duni.
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Kutoka Ippmedia.com
By Polycarp Machira
9th July 2009
9th July 2009
Patients suffering from kidney failure are likely to get improved services in the country after a dialysis unit at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam becomes operational during this financial year as the government has set aside 250m/- for the purpose.
Currently the government has only one diagnostic machine in its hospitals in the country, forcing most patients to look for treatment for kidney or liver complications in private hospitals or be flown abroad for treatment.
Community Development, Gender and Children, Lucy Nkya told legislators here that a new machine had been brought and the government was in the process of installing it.
The Aga Khan Hospital in Dar es Salaam was one of a few private hospitals in the country which had dialysis units while Mbeya Referral Hospital was the only government hospital which had the service.
“Since the machine is in the country, dialysis sessions will start in the near future.
The government looks forward to achieving this great step in the provision of services to the people and the improvement of the quality of life in Tanzania,” Nkya said.
She said renovation of rooms in which the unit would be installed had been done, seven of the machines had been installed while one was on standby. Nkya added that two specialist doctors have been employed to work in the unit.
She said kidney failure led to non-purification of urea and blood cleansing, adding that dialysis treatment enhanced the kidneys’ functions and could replace them altogether.
The deputy minister said kidney failure was a latent disease as it could take years before a patient recognised any of the symptoms.
Symptoms include swellings below the eyelids, nausea and weight loss, while high amounts of urea in the blood can only be detected through laboratory testing, she said.
Nkya was responding to a question by Mussa Azzan Zungu (Ilala, CCM) who sought government explanation why the machine at MNH was not working, forcing patients to seek treatment in private hospitals which charge a lot of money.
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN
Currently the government has only one diagnostic machine in its hospitals in the country, forcing most patients to look for treatment for kidney or liver complications in private hospitals or be flown abroad for treatment.
Community Development, Gender and Children, Lucy Nkya told legislators here that a new machine had been brought and the government was in the process of installing it.
The Aga Khan Hospital in Dar es Salaam was one of a few private hospitals in the country which had dialysis units while Mbeya Referral Hospital was the only government hospital which had the service.
“Since the machine is in the country, dialysis sessions will start in the near future.
The government looks forward to achieving this great step in the provision of services to the people and the improvement of the quality of life in Tanzania,” Nkya said.
She said renovation of rooms in which the unit would be installed had been done, seven of the machines had been installed while one was on standby. Nkya added that two specialist doctors have been employed to work in the unit.
She said kidney failure led to non-purification of urea and blood cleansing, adding that dialysis treatment enhanced the kidneys’ functions and could replace them altogether.
The deputy minister said kidney failure was a latent disease as it could take years before a patient recognised any of the symptoms.
Symptoms include swellings below the eyelids, nausea and weight loss, while high amounts of urea in the blood can only be detected through laboratory testing, she said.
Nkya was responding to a question by Mussa Azzan Zungu (Ilala, CCM) who sought government explanation why the machine at MNH was not working, forcing patients to seek treatment in private hospitals which charge a lot of money.
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN
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