Muhimbili flying higher
The top hospital’s kidney transplant surgery rate is now five a month MUHIMBILI National Hospital (MNH) announced yesterday that it now had the capability to conduct five kidney transplant surgeries a month. The announcement comes close on the heels of the second successful kidney transplant on four patients. The feat was accomplished in collaboration with experts from BLK Supper Specialist Hospital of India. Announcing the plan, the MNH Executive Director, Prof Lawrence Mseru, said the hospital’s short-term plan was to conduct five surgeries a month. He explained that the fa- cility had been fully geared to conducting the sophisticated surgery procedures since November, last year. “We are happy to announce that MNH can now conduct surgeries on a more regular ba- sis, and so, Tanzanians should trust us. Our specialists are well trained and are capable of conducting complicated medical surgeries,” he noted. Currently, over 200 patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) are undergo-