Norwegian Lung and Heart Disease Patient Society (LHL
International) has congratulated Kibong’oto Infectious Disease Hospital,
located in Siha at Kilimanjaro region, for great progress so far and thus
improving the provision of health services to patients with Multi-Drug
Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
Speaking during a one-day visit to the Arusha National Park,
LHL International's Senior Advisor Laila Lochting said they have a long-term
partnership with Kibong'oto Hospital in serving patients MDR-TB
Lochting added that being in visit with the patients has
given them nice experience and how they can improve the life of the patient who
continues to receive treatment.
“What are we doing now is one part of our project in
partnership we have, trying to make quality of life a little bit better for
those who are on treatmentof TB stayingon hospital for many months and its hard treatment getting some support,”
added Lochting.
On her part, LHL International's Senior Advisor who was
present during the visit, Veronica Alavarez, said what she enjoyed was to see
patients are happy and learning more about how the environment can be a mental
therapy for MDR-TB
“Just see patients are happy they are, and how important
nature is for mental health, for patients. They live in hospital for almost
seven months has no seen family, has not been in touch with,” said Alvarez.
In addition, the Consultant of the World Health Organization
(WHO) since 2006 in Green Light Committee Dr. Liga Kuksa added that the
provision of health services at Kibong'oto Hospital has improved compared to
the first time she visited the hospital decades ago.
“This my seventh time in Kibong’oto Hospital I see vey much
improvement guiding the patient friendly and also like to patients real happy
during those friendly activities and see special program for exercises which make
them stronger after being in hospital and alsosee better life after being
cured,” added Dr. Kuksa.
MDR-TB Coordinator for Kibong'oto Hospital Dr. Happiness
Mvungi said patients stay in bed for a long time which has been exhausting them
and makes them lose hope of recovery.
"Treatment of MDR-TB is long-term, you stay with
patients for a long time while in the ward, the act of them coming out helps to
relax but also to monitor their treatment more effectively," said Dr.
Mvungi.
MDR-TB patients congratulated the government of President
Samia Suluhu Hassan, Kibong'oto hospital and various stakeholders who
contributed to them getting the treatment.
"I really enjoyed getting to this place, it is not
easy; support from our nurses, our doctors, we thank our director (Dr. Leonard
Subi) and Mama Samia (The president of Tanzania Republic) for listening to us
on time," said Rhoda Hezekia from Mbeya.
LHL International has a partnership contract with Kibong'oto
Infectious Disease Hospital, a national hospital in Kilimanjaro region and
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that takes the most lives worldwide
despite being a preventable and curable disease. Every year 1.5 million people
die of TB and more than 10 million people get infected.
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