TREATMENT for cardiovascular diseases, including coronary heart disease and stroke will be made easy and available locally at affordable costs thanks to plans to open up a catheterization lab at Aga Khan Hospital, next year.
The Hospital’s Medical Director, Dr Jaffer Dharsee, said over the weekend in Dar es Salaam that the lab which is expected to start in June, next year, will cut surgical treatment expenses now obtained abroad by less than half.
“Right now we do not have surgical treatment in the country, we depend solely on medication which is not reliable as its chances of providing completely cure are limited but with surgery a patient can recover in three days,” he said.
Dr Dharsee was speaking during “the 2013 cardiology updates and status of cardiac services in East Africa symposium” which brought together local and international experts in the field of cardiology.
via allAfrica.com: Tanzania: New Cath Lab to Cut Cardiovascular Treatment Costs.
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