Muhimbili, NMB in upgrade agreement
Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu (left) opens a maternity ward at the Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) over the weekend. The ward was named 'NMB Maternity Ward', having been renovated by NMB Bank Plc. First right is NMB Bank's Chief Executive Officer, Ruth Zaipuna, while second right is the bank's treasurer, Aziz Chacha. PHOTO | CORRESPONDENT
What you need to know:
- NMB Bank has committed Sh250 million to be spent on renovation of the MNH maternity ward and rehabilitation of the maternity block
Dar es Salaam. NMB Bank Plc has committed Sh250 million for the support of a plan to upgrade medical facilities at the Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH).
The money will be spent on renovation of the maternity ward and rehabilitation of the maternity block.
NMB Bank Plc is also financing a similar project at the Muhimbili Orthopaedic Institute (MOI).
The bank is also supporting digitalisation of medical records for improved maternal and child health services. The improvements are part of the hospital’s modernization programme.
On Friday, NMB also handed over delivery beds worth Sh50 million to MNH. This was during the event to also hand over the ward and formalise the rehabilitation of the now NMB Maternity Block.
"These donations by NMB Bank are well in line with the government’s priority of improving maternal, neonatal, and child health services," the Minister of Health, Ms Ummy Mwalimu, said at the weekend. She said the support from NMB Bank will help further improve Tanzania’s maternal and infant mortality situation.
She said the bank was making huge profits due to supportive policies and a conducive business environment that have been put in place by President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s administration.
The NMB Bank Plc Chief Executive Officer, Ms Ruth Zaipuna, said last year that the lender supported 42 health centres with various medical equipment and supplies that benefited 210,000 people across the country.
She said the financing was part of the over Sh20 billion NMB had injected in the health and education sectors in the past 10 years as part of its various initiatives in implementing corporate giving policy, where one percent of its net annual income is allocated to noble social causes, which also focuses on humanitarian aid.
