Nyusi Inaugurates Hospital In Buzi

Maputo, 20 Apr (AIM) – Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Wednesday inaugurated a hospital, with international quality standards, in the Guara-Guara administrative post in Buzi district, in the central province of Sofala.

The inauguration was part of the presidential initiative for “One district, one hospital”, under which the government is attempting to ensure that every district in the country is equipped with a modern hospital.

The Guara-Guara hospital is part of the government’s response to extreme events – in this case, to Cyclone Idai, which in 2019 destroyed the previous Buzi district hospital, depriving the local community of access to health services.

The new hospital infrastructure, budgeted at 6.6 million euros, and financed by an Austrian bank, includes an operating theatre equipped with state-of-the-art technology, X-ray services, and a maternity unit with hospital equipment specialised for safe childbirth. It contains 60 beds.

Speaking to the local community, Nyusi said the new hospital will act as a buffer for Beira Central Hospital, the largest hospital in central Mozambique, which is under immense pressure. He said the current demand in Beira for health services will be better managed with construction of a new general hospital for the city.

Nyusi announced that the government’s plans for Sofala include the construction of four more district hospitals. “We are implanting these health units where the population lives, in order to reduce the pressure on the system”, he said. “The hospitals are the most visible component of the health system”.

Medical care is a right enshrined in the Mozambican constitution, Nyusi added, and hence it was the government’s responsibility to promote public health, by creating the conditions for the expansion of access to the health services, and improving their quality.

Currently, Sofala has one central hospital, one specialist hospital, five district hospitals, 135 health centres, and four health posts, to cater for a population of 2.2 million (according to the census of 2017).
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