THE BIRTH OF THE MISSION’S “FIRST BABY”
The Private Hospitals Advisory Board in its meeting held between 16th and 20th December 2013 approved the registration of the first Mission’s dispensary. The name of the registered dispensary which has now opened its doors in Sitakishari, Ukonga, in Dar-es Salaam is “Taraja MDPTL Dispensary”. The Kiswahili word “Taraja” means “hope” and the inner meaning of the whole name is that the dispensary belongs to The Mission to Disadvantaged Persons Tanzania Limited and gives hope to its beneficiaries and other members of the community who will be getting its services.
The dispensary opened its doors immediately after receiving a letter from the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare giving the appropriate approval. Members of staff who had waited for the approval were immediately available to start attending the beneficiaries who were patiently waiting. It was the best moment such as we had never seen.
The dispensary operates with a total of 11 employees in a building that has sufficiently been renovated. The building has all necessary rooms such as a reception and records room, consultation rooms, laboratory rooms, dressing room, dispensing room, observations rooms, drugs store, RCH rooms, toilet facilities, washing slabs and a modern incinerator.
The photos below show some of the areas within the dispensary.
1.Lab room
2.Observation room
3.Receiption
4.Pharmacy
5.Incinerator
