Expansion of Emergency Medicine Department at Bombo Regional Referral Hospital
Habari mpya za afya Tanzania · maelezo ya Expansion of Emergency Medicine Department at Bombo Reg… · imesasishwa 6 Aug 2026 · habari za afya · hospitali · afya ya umma
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- Established in 1901, Bombo is the region’s main referral hospital.
- DAR ES SALAAM: THE East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) has committed more than 2.8bn/- (1.06 million US dollars) to construct two health centres and expand emergency healthcare services in Tanga and Geita regions, a.
- The department is staffed by only 30 healthcare workers, including two emergency physicians.
- The funding agreements, signed in Dar es Salaam yesterday, will finance the construction of health centres in Bukombe District, Geita Region and Chongoleani Ward in Tanga City, as well as a modern Emergency Medicine.
- In Bukombe District, only seven of the district’s 17 wards currently have health centres, leaving 10 wards, including Bukombe Ward, without referral-level primary healthcare services.