Uige - The provincial governor of Uíge, José Carvalho da Rocha, defended Sunday, the need to speed up the execution of the rehabilitation work of the Sanza-Pombo/Buengas road, on a route of 89 kilometers.
José Carvalho da Rocha, who traveled this Sunday to the municipality of Buengas, visited the aforementioned road section, whose works began in March 2023.
'The work, which is at 30 percent physical execution, is not moving at the pace we expected', he lamented.
He said that, two months later, after the visit to the section by the Minister of Public Works, the road continues to register delays in the pace of execution of the work.
Therefore, the governor defended the need to continue advocating with the Ministry of Public Works, Urbanism and Housing so that the work is completed on time, in 2025, in order to improve circulation between the locality and the municipality of Sanza-Pombo.
Governor visits Buengas Hospital
In the municipality of Buengas, Governor José Carvalho da Rocha visited the local municipal hospital, which treats 100 patients/day, with malaria, tuberculosis, scabies, diarrheal and acute respiratory diseases being the most frequent.
The hospital works with only four doctors and 27 nurses, an insufficient number to meet the demand of patients.
The Buengas hospital, with an inpatient capacity of 100 beds, has paediatric services, an emergency bank, minor surgery, phthisiology and maternity.
In fulfillment of the two-day work agenda in the municipality of Buengas, José Carvalho da Rocha, also visited an agricultural field with 56 hectares, six of which are in cassava production, under the Local Program to Support Family Agriculture (PLAAF).
The municipality of Buengas is 244 kilometers from the capital seat of the province of Uíge. NM
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