TWENTY Tanzanian doctors have returned from Comoro after concluding a medical camp where they provided treatment to 2,770 patients and performing surgery to seven patients.

During the seven-day camp, they have been able to identify approximately 269 patients who need more medical referrals to Tanzania and also identify more opportunities for cooperation in the health sector.

Speaking yesterday in Dar es Salaam immediately after arriving at the Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA), the Director of Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute (JKCI), Dr. Peter Kisenge said the camp has gone well and they have managed to serve many people.

He said that apart from the camp they held a special meeting with the Minister of Defense of Comoros who is also the Assistant to the President and Secretary General of the ruling party that leads the Republic of Comoros.

 "In the seven meetings we held, we discussed various opportunities for investment and cooperation in the health sector between Tanzania and Comoros and the Assistant to the President of Comoros, spoke about the opportunity if Tanzanian doctors are available to work in Comoros," said Dr. Kisenge and added

"Beside the camp, we looked at the possibility of a Tanzanian hospital taking over to operate one Comoro hospital with 100 beds and looking at the possibility of looking at expertise that is not available in Comoro, we Tanzanians should send it to them," he said.

"We have held various productive meetings, we have sat with the Minister of Health of Comoros and we have sat with the Chief Advisor to the President of Comoros to look at the basic things that we can cooperate with the investments that have been made in Tanzania," he said

"We had meeting  with the organization involved in cancer awareness education, we met  with the Head of the International Department of the University of Comoros and analyzed the health courses that they offer at their universities and those what are not offered to them but are available in Tanzania so that we can introduce to them," he said.

Dr. Kisenge said the sessions were attended by the Ambassador of Tanzania in Comoros, Said Yakub, Representative of the Ministry of Health, Aisha Mahita and Director of Global Medicare, Abdulmalik Mollel.

Dr. Kisenge thanked Global Medicare which was the main organizer of the camp for the success achieved and he thanked the doctors who participated in the camp for the great work they did during the medical camp.

Dr. Kisenge said that the camp that ended in Comoros has brought together various stakeholders and held meetings that will bring productivity to the cooperation of the health sector between Comoros and Dar es Salaam.

"With the investment we have in our hospitals so that the countries around us benefit from that investment, we must support our President by doing what we did in Comoro and Global Medicare should not get tired of organizing such camps because we want to take another step,” he said

“All  doctors in the country should be ready when a camp like this happens and be ready to go as  they did in Comoro," he said

The Director of Globalmedicare, Abdulmalik Mollel thanked the Tanzanian embassy in Comoros and the Director of JKCI, Dr. Kisenge for trusting him and giving him and his team the opportunity to coordinate the treatment camp.

He also thanked the directors of Benjamin Mkapa, MOI, Ocean Road and Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) hospitals for agreeing to provide their doctors and specialists to participate in the camp.

He also thanked Prof Mohamed Janabi who is the Vice Chairman of the National Medical Tourism Committee for the cooperation he showed to allow his doctors and experts to Comoro to run the camp.

The representative of the Ministry of Health, Aisha Mahita thanked the Ministry of Health for allowing her to go to Comoro where she has seen the evidence of the great demand for Tanzanian doctors to help health sector in Comoro.