UB teaching hospital opens this financial year

Thursday, May 19, 2016

The University of Botswana’s teaching hospital will be operational this financial year to ease congestion at the country’s premier referral hospital, Princess Marina Hospital.

This is subsequent to two task teams commissioned by health minister, Dorcas Makgato to set-up referral guidelines while a third looked at the process of decongesting Princess Marina Referral Hospital.

Permanent secretary in the Ministry of Health, Shenaaz El Halabi told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday that plans are underway to have the national referral hospital decongested to optimise service delivery.

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