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Mpilo Hospital receives paediatric and maternity equipment worth $45 000
09 Apr 2013 at 21:35hrs | Views
MPILO Central Hospital in Bulawayo yesterday received state-of-the-art paediatric and maternity equipment worth more than $45 000 from ZimHealth Europe, a development that will boost service delivery at the institution.
The donation comes as a contribution towards the re-equipping and refurbishment of the hospital through the strategic resource mobilisation project that was launched late last year.
The fund-raising campaign has a target of $3 million.
Speaking at the handover ceremony, the hospital's chief executive officer, Dr Lawrence Mantiziba, expressed gratitude to the donors, who are based in Switzerland, saying the donation would enhance the quality of health care.
"Please join me and the hospital staff as we receive a donation of paediatric and maternity equipment from Geneva, Switzerland. This equipment, valued at $45 911.25, will go a long way in ensuring that our patients receive quality health care and also assist in the achievement of the millennium development goals," said Dr Mantiziba.
"We would like to extend our gratitude to ZimHealth who have made this possible."
The hospital's public relations officer, Matron Margaret Tshuma appealed to well wishers to continue contributing towards the resource mobilisation project.
"We are grateful for the contributions that have been coming in from well wishers towards the success of the resource mobilisation project aimed at giving Mpilo Hospital a face lift. The response has been good with people coming in to contribute. This is just the beginning of great things.
"However, we are still welcoming communities and organisations to join us in our endeavour to rehabilitate the hospital," said Matron Tshuma.
ZimHealth Europe is a non-profit association established by Zimbabweans living in Europe to mobilise financial, material and human resources to support health services in Zimbabwe.
The health institution built in 1957 is facing challenges that include lack of maintenance of the infrastructure as it is now dilapidated.
The hospital was built for a population of 100 000 people and is unable to cope with Bulawayo's population of 1.5 million as well as patients referred from four other provinces, Matabeleland North and South, Midlands and Masvingo.
In the 2012 budget the hospital through the Public Sector Investment Programme was allocated $4.1 million that was subsequently cut to $1.1 million in June causing a budget deficit of $3 million.
The donation comes as a contribution towards the re-equipping and refurbishment of the hospital through the strategic resource mobilisation project that was launched late last year.
The fund-raising campaign has a target of $3 million.
Speaking at the handover ceremony, the hospital's chief executive officer, Dr Lawrence Mantiziba, expressed gratitude to the donors, who are based in Switzerland, saying the donation would enhance the quality of health care.
"Please join me and the hospital staff as we receive a donation of paediatric and maternity equipment from Geneva, Switzerland. This equipment, valued at $45 911.25, will go a long way in ensuring that our patients receive quality health care and also assist in the achievement of the millennium development goals," said Dr Mantiziba.
"We would like to extend our gratitude to ZimHealth who have made this possible."
"We are grateful for the contributions that have been coming in from well wishers towards the success of the resource mobilisation project aimed at giving Mpilo Hospital a face lift. The response has been good with people coming in to contribute. This is just the beginning of great things.
"However, we are still welcoming communities and organisations to join us in our endeavour to rehabilitate the hospital," said Matron Tshuma.
ZimHealth Europe is a non-profit association established by Zimbabweans living in Europe to mobilise financial, material and human resources to support health services in Zimbabwe.
The health institution built in 1957 is facing challenges that include lack of maintenance of the infrastructure as it is now dilapidated.
The hospital was built for a population of 100 000 people and is unable to cope with Bulawayo's population of 1.5 million as well as patients referred from four other provinces, Matabeleland North and South, Midlands and Masvingo.
In the 2012 budget the hospital through the Public Sector Investment Programme was allocated $4.1 million that was subsequently cut to $1.1 million in June causing a budget deficit of $3 million.
Source - TC
