The haemodialysis service at the new Cuanza Norte General Hospital is now operational. The service started last Saturday and has already treated the first patients. The haemodialysis ward began operating even before the official opening of the new hospital, whose inauguration ceremony will take place this Tuesday and will be presided over by the President of the Republic, João Lourenço.
According to a statement from the Cuanza Norte government, to which VerAngola had access, the hemodialysis center at the aforementioned hospital is capable of “serving 88 patients daily in four shifts”.
The opening of this service, which took place last Saturday and which aims to assist “citizens of the province and beyond, with kidney failure, in order to avoid seeking the service in neighboring provinces”, was attended by the provincial governor of Cuanza Norte, João Diogo Gaspar, accompanied by the Minister of Health, Sílvia Lutucuta.
On the occasion, the governor of Cuanza Norte “expressed solidarity with the patients, ensuring that humanized care continues to be the watchword in the health sector and the province of Cuanza Norte is no exception”, reads the statement.
According to João Diogo Gaspar, “this is an immeasurable gain, as it is the first time that the province has benefited from this service and that many patients traveled to other provinces, facing constraints of various kinds”.
The governor also said it was “satisfying and gratifying to see the joy on patients’ faces, for receiving care closer” to home.
It should be noted that the haemodialysis service at the Cuanza Norte General Hospital, named “Mário Pinto de Andrade”, opened before the official inauguration of the hospital unit, which will be inaugurated this Tuesday by the President of the Republic.
To this end, João Lourenço traveled this Monday to Cuanza Norte, where he will carry out a two-day work trip. According to the Secretary of the President of the Republic for Institutional Communication and Press Affairs, Luís Fernando, the head of state will work on Tuesday and Wednesday in the aforementioned province.
“On the first day of the program established for this mission outside the capital, the head of state inaugurates the General Hospital of Cuanza Norte, which will be named after the nationalist Mário Pinto de Andrade”, said the official, in a video released by CIPRA and to which VerAngola had access.
João Lourenço’s agenda in that province also includes the holding of the “usual meeting of the central government, with members of the provincial government”, which is “an opportunity to explain in depth the reality of the territory”, pointed out Luís Fernando.
During his visit to Cuanza Norte, the President of the Republic will also visit the “water capture infrastructure of the Lucala River”, as well as visiting a fair in Ndalatando to see the province’s agricultural potential.
João Lourenço’s return to Luanda is scheduled for Wednesday.
