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Saruwaka sources over US$700 000 for upgrading Bonda Mission hospital
06 Mar 2013 at 17:09hrs | Views
Trevor Saruwaka, the MP for Mutasa Central sourced over US$700 000 for the upgrading Bonda Mission hospital and equipping it with new machinery.
The hospital run by the Anglican Church is a referral hospital for Mutasa and other parts of Manicaland and can accommodate up to 200 patients including maternity patients.
Assistance was also given by the Finance Minister, Tendai Biti who is also the MDC Secretary General and the Minister of Health and Child Welfare and Kwekwe Senator, Dr. Henry Madzorera.
Before the upgrading of the hospital, patients in Mutasa especially those needing to get x-rays done, were being forced to travel for an average of 100km to hospitals in either Mutare or Rusape.
Bonda hospital is now equipped with a state of the art x-ray machine including a processor for the x-ray results.
Saruwaka also managed to source on behalf of the hospital an ambulance and an administrative vehicle. Staff accommodation and other buildings have been refurbished, with the administrative block now computerised while the tarred road has been resurfaced.
To ease the water shortage, which was a perennial problem at the hospital, a 100 000 litre water tank was installed. Two full-time doctors are also working at the hospital. Saruwaka said all the work which was started in March last year was commissioned by the contractors. Most of the labour was provided by the local community at no cost.
The hospital run by the Anglican Church is a referral hospital for Mutasa and other parts of Manicaland and can accommodate up to 200 patients including maternity patients.
Assistance was also given by the Finance Minister, Tendai Biti who is also the MDC Secretary General and the Minister of Health and Child Welfare and Kwekwe Senator, Dr. Henry Madzorera.
Bonda hospital is now equipped with a state of the art x-ray machine including a processor for the x-ray results.
Saruwaka also managed to source on behalf of the hospital an ambulance and an administrative vehicle. Staff accommodation and other buildings have been refurbished, with the administrative block now computerised while the tarred road has been resurfaced.
To ease the water shortage, which was a perennial problem at the hospital, a 100 000 litre water tank was installed. Two full-time doctors are also working at the hospital. Saruwaka said all the work which was started in March last year was commissioned by the contractors. Most of the labour was provided by the local community at no cost.
Source - Byo24News
