Govt to recruit 1,400 workers for Muhimbili health centre

Dar es Salaam. The government plans to recruit 1,400 health workers in two years for newly constructed Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Science (Muhas) at Mlongazila.

Muhas Human Resources and Administration director Amos Nnko said yesterday that the employees would consist of medical and non-medical staff.

Mr Nnko said there will be 263 staff when the state-of-the-art facility opens in January, instead of 446 as earlier announced.

According to him, 213 of them will be experienced health personnel from other public hospitals while the rest would be fresh from colleges.

“For those who will be transferred from other health facilities, they are assured of better salaries than what they are currently earning,” he said.

He revealed this on Tuesday evening when speaking to 30 health practitioners, who underwent a one-year training in South Korea under Jong-UK Fellowship organised by Yonsei University.

Mr Nnko said South Korea has been a key player in the construction of the Mloganzila health centre.

In 2010, it pledged a $49.5 million grant to Tanzania for for the construction of the facility, which ended in August.

According to him, in 2011, South Korea issued a $27 million grant to Tanzania for the purchase and installation of modern medical equipment at the facility, including the ICT system.

South Korea ambassador to Tanzania Gum Young said Tanzania and Korea were now marking 24 years of their diplomatic relations.

“Our bilateral relations have remarkably improved during this period,” he said.

“We need to work hand in hand to curb diseases like malaria and cholera,” he added.

Muhas vice chancellor Ephata Kaaya said at medical equipment from South Korea would be handed to the Mloganzila centre later this month.

South Korean consultant from Yonsei University MyungKen Lee said the 30 health practioners who underwent a one-year training in his country, could report at the Mloganzila health centre before January.