{"id":1245,"date":"2022-07-22T12:11:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T09:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/?p=1245"},"modified":"2022-07-22T12:11:50","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T09:11:50","slug":"no-more-congestion-the-whole-opd-building-is-renovated-dr-ndungurus-appreciation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/2022\/07\/22\/no-more-congestion-the-whole-opd-building-is-renovated-dr-ndungurus-appreciation\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>No more congestion! The whole OPD building is renovated:<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><em>Dr. Ndunguru\u2019s Appreciation<\/em><\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dr. Costa Ndunguru is a doctor in charge of Magugu Hospital in Babati district. He is overwhelmly grateful for the efforts exhibited by the government through the Ministry of Health- Emergency Department in collaboration with Amref Tanzania with UNICEF support under the Continued Essential Services (CES) Project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was realized that our outpatient department (OPD) section had no triage area and that our emergence section was not up to standards,\u201d he says. Based on the feedback report, they realized the needed to have a triage unit and an emergency section. As a result, Magugu hospital decided to renovate the whole OPD building. \u201cThis was a very smart move because our hospital is located along Arusha \u2013 Dodoma, and Arusha \u2013 Mwanza highways which are prone to road accidents hence these services are of paramount importance; now with COVID-19 situation, this triage unit helps to reduce patients congestion,\u201d says Dr. Ndunguru.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/07\/Dr-Costa-Ndunguru-Testimony-2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/07\/Dr-Costa-Ndunguru-Testimony-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/07\/Dr-Costa-Ndunguru-Testimony-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/07\/Dr-Costa-Ndunguru-Testimony-2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/07\/Dr-Costa-Ndunguru-Testimony-2-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/07\/Dr-Costa-Ndunguru-Testimony-2-274x365.jpg 274w, https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/07\/Dr-Costa-Ndunguru-Testimony-2-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption><em>Dr Costa Ndunguru at the renovated OPD building<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Costa Ndunguru is a doctor in charge of Magugu Hospital in Babati district. 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