PRIME MINISTER Kassim Majaliwa has launched an emergency building at the Ruangwa District Hospital, which has cost Shs 390 million.

Speaking to the residents of Ruangwa who came to witness the inauguration today, Friday, March 31, 2023, the Prime Minister said he was satisfied with the construction and especially since he found that there are modern facilities.

"All these are the fruits of the good work done by our President, Honorable Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan and have helped make our district one of the fastest growing districts," he said.

The Prime Minister has said that the hospital is built on an area of ​​100 acres, where the work of building a fence is large, so he asked the residents to be the guardians of the infrastructure and medical equipment purchased, so that they can continue to get quality and reliable services.

"This area has 100 acres. I am asking that we be the guardians of these facilities that are here and never participate in any plan to push development back," he emphasized.

And, the Deputy Minister of Health, Dr. Godwin Mollel said the Sixth Phase Government within one year has provided sh.

51.4 billion for the construction of National and Regional hospitals.

"For regional hospitals across the country, our President has given 54.2 billion shillings and in the area of ​​equipment, within this one year he has given 290.9 billion shillings," he said.

And, the Deputy Minister of the President's Office for Regional Administration and Local Government, Dr. Festo Dugange, said that the building that was launched is one of the 80 buildings built in the country using UVIKO-19 funds.

In Lindi region, similar buildings have also been built in Liwale and Kilwa districts.

He said in the first phase, the district received sh.

2.9 billion, whose buildings have been completed and now President Samia Suluhu Hassan has brought sh.

800 million to build modern wards that will have modern equipment as well.

Earlier, Ruangwa District Chief Medical Officer, Dr.

Salvio S. Wikesi said the project is expected to have 22 buildings, which until its completion is expected to cost sh.

7.5 billion.

"The hospital is continuing with the construction of five buildings in the third phase, which are the emergency services building, the surgery building, the mortuary building, the men's surgery ward building and the women's surgery ward."

"Until now, the project has cost an amount of 390.72 million shillings, which is an increase in equipment and an amount of 90.72 million shillings that has been used to strengthen the area of ​​the hospital because it had a lot of water underground and therefore the construction preparations from the foundation stage to the foundation needed strengthening the foundation of the building.”

He said that along with the completion of the building, the government also provided modern medical equipment and the Ministry of Health sent an x-ray machine, a machine for cleaning equipment before surgery and a machine for monitoring the patient during surgery.