Sharp rise in kidney diseases worry Tanzania government
Deputy Ministry for Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, Dr Faustine Ndugulile said the number of people, undergoing dialysis at the Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH), has gone up phenomenally during the past seven years. Photo | Edwin Mjwahuzi
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When Muhimbili hospital started offering dialysis services in 2011, it was only less than ten people who were being attended to, said the Deputy Ministry for Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, Dr Faustine Ndugulile.
Dodoma. The government is worried with the rising number of people suffering from kidney complications, calling upon Tanzanians to cultivate a tendency of living healthy lives.
Speaking in Parliament on Friday, June 29, 2018, the Deputy Ministry for Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, Dr Faustine Ndugulile said the number of people, undergoing dialysis at the Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH), has gone up phenomenally during the past seven years.
When the hospital started offering dialysis services in 2011, he said, it was only less than ten people who were being attended to.
"Presently, there are a total of 240 people undergoing dialysis at the MNH," he told the Parliament.
Dr Ndugulile was responding to a question from Ms Fakharia Shomar Khasim (Special Seats -CCM) who wanted to know the number of people with kidney complications who go to the MNH per day.
According to Dr Ndugulile, the government was undertaking several awareness campaigns that are aimed at sensitizing people to go for tests so they can be able to detect the complications in their early stages.
He called upon Tanzanians to cultivate a culture of putting their bodies fit through conducting exercises and eating the right kinds of food to keep their kidneys healthy.
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