Specialist doctors from US to visit Singida

Twenty six specialist doctors from the United States are expected in the country to carry out major surgeries for particular conditions, at Singida Regional Hospital.

Speaking to this reporter on Tuesday, the Regional Hospital senior medical officer, Dr Suleiman Muttan said the exercise is an annual arrangement by the Outreach International Organisation from which Singida Region has been benefitting for a number of years.

Dr Muttan said among the specialists coming into the country include surgeons for children and specialists for women's diseases.

The Regional Chief Medical Officer said the specialists would examine all patients in order to determine those in need of major surgery and those who just need minor operations.

For his part, the host of the doctors, who is President of the Outreach International Organisation in Africa, Mike Kitwaka said the team of specialists would be in the country for two weeks.

He said the first team of 26 doctors is one of three teams of specialist doctors who would visit the country, with the second group expected to comprise 50 doctors while the last one would be made of 36 specialists.

Last year 43 doctors from the US visited Singida Region for the same reasons.  

SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN