By Solister Mogha
Head of Presidential Delivery Unit and Deputy Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Dr Janet Banda has appealed for fast completion of Domasi Hospital in Zomba whose construction works started in 2013. Speaking after touring the site on Friday, she said it is disheartening that 10 years after launching construction works; the facility is still at 65 percent completion rate.
Dr Banda said it is a bad sign of how developments should be implemented and that the delay has denied people of Zomba access to quality health care. “Domasi Hospital if completed would ease pressure on the Zomba Central Hospital while improve on provision of health services in the district,” Dr Banda noted.
The Head of the PDU said she would engage Secretary to the Treasury to make special provision that would see the facility completed and put to use.
During the meeting, an agreement was reached that the project be done in phases and that come January next year, the facility should start operating at a small scale.
Secretary for Health, Dr Samson Mndolo said it is the wish of the Ministry of Health to have the facility completed.
He said at the moment, the Zomba Central Hospital is overwhelmed with cases that could have been handled by the district hospital.
