Dr Godwin Sharau, JKCI's paediatric heart surgeon, said this yesterday in Dar es Salaam when speaking at the Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA) during a farewell ceremony for the specialists.
He said the procedures were set to begin yesterday evening on 10 children who have congenital heart problems, including holes in the heart.
"We at JKCI started since 2008 and have made more progress in heart surgery compared to our colleagues in Zambia who are just starting and are often helped by foreign experts,” he said.
“We hope get good results for the children who were supposed to be operated on when they were three months old, but now they are three and four years old.”
Dr Angela Muhozya, acting executive director of JKCI, said that this was the first time for Tanzania to set up a camp outside the country, adding that it was organised in collaboration with Zambia National Heart Institute.
“We promote ourselves and many partners come to our country and we have got the opportunity go outside the country,” she said.
“Amongst African countries, Tanzania is centre of excellence in treatment of heart diseases. The service is very helpful to African countries that cannot afford such services outside the continent.”
She said that the surgeries were set to take place for three days.
Tanzania’s High Commissioner to Zambia Lt. Gen Edward Mkingule said that history is being made in the country due to fruitful economic diplomacy the country is pursuing.
“This three-day camp in Zambia is a great honour; we bid them farewell here at JNIA on their way to Zambia to cooperate with our neighbour,” he said.
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