Health Minister Praises the Great Role of Marawi Medical City
-Arrangements for the start of kidney operations in Marawi
The Citizen/ Haffiya Elyas
Federal Minister of Health, Dr. Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim, confirmed that Marawi Medical City has great potential , includes a large number of consultants and specialists coming from Khartoum and the Gezira States who have engaged in the work, “ we must benefit from their expertise.”
The Minister indicated, during a meeting in his office in Port Sudan, that a number of departments in the hospital have returned to work better with high efficiency, especially in the specialized programs, the Center for Oncology and Specialized Surgeries, Kidneys, and Heart.
Praising the great role played by Marawi Medical City in light of the difficult and complex circumstances that the country is going through and the withdrawal of a large number of hospitals from service, it has become the outlet due to its high capabilities, especially in the field of providing specialized medical services, for example, treating oncology patients, open-heart surgery, and orthopedic surgery. And surgeryNeurology with a number of consultants and specialists in the state, which contributes to the localization of treatment inside.
The Minister confirmed that there is a great opportunity to operate the hospital for all national programs, in partnership with the Social Security and Health Insurance Investment Authority to provide service to citizens inside Sudan instead of traveling abroad.
Meanwhile, the Minister announced arrangements to conduct kidney transplant operations in the city, thanking the Federal Ministry of Finance for its interest in all health issues and making them a priority.
Director General of Marawi Medical City, Dr. Abdel Halim expressed their readiness to cooperate with the Federal Ministry of Health in order to provide distinguished medical service to the people of Sudan, indicating the hospital’s great ability to expand to provide specialized medical services, explaining that the bed capacity is 350 beds.
Pointing out that all services were provided to the wounded in the Battle of Karama, pointing out that more than 89 operations had been performed, thanking the Federal Ministry of Health for their cooperation in order to continue providing health services in a satisfactory manner.
He pointed out that a large number of consultants and auxiliary medical staff have been absorbed into the state to develop services and benefit from their experience in training working medical staff.