China to build heart institute in Tanzania
APA-Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) China will build a training and surgical heart institute with a capacity to accommodate 100 patients at once at the Muhimbili National Hospital in Tanzanias commercial city of Dar es Salaam, the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security Chairman, Wilson Masilingi, told APA here on Friday.
Masilingi said the move came was a gesture of friendship and strong ties that exist between Tanzania and China over many decades.
The centre will be a five-storey building with two surgical theatres as well as space to accommodate 100 heart patients, id Masilingi said.
China has pledged to assist the country with a number of projects, one being the building of an international conference centre at Salender Bridge in Dar es Salaam, he said.
The project is at the designing stage. The Chinese government will build an agricultural research centre, whose construction is due to start anytime from now, he added.
According to Masilingi, Tanzania will benefit from Chinese agricultural experts as well.
Masilingi, who together with other members of parliament, had just returned from an official visit of China, was briefing journalists about the tour.
Tanzania sends hundreds of heart patients to India every year at a considerable expense.