Luanda – Angolan minister of Health Sílvia Lutucuta said Wednesday in Luanda that the Camama Maternal-Infant Hospital will use assisted reproduction techniques and, in the near future, "in vitro", whose legal coverage is in completion stage.
Dubbed “Dr. Manuel Pedro Azancot de Menezes", the hospital unit, located in Camama urban district, municipality of Talatona (Luanda), will contribute, with its skills, to the implementation of the Angolan Executive's vision of improving health care.
Inaugurated Wednesday (01 June) by the Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço, the hospital will also allow for the execution of equitable actions, as well as accelerate the access of children and women to efficient and quality health services.
The minister said that the hospital is a tertiary level of care, a national reference, with high complexity in maternal, neonatal and child health care, as well as dedicated to teaching excellence and developing research.
“We can easily show that, despite the economic crisis, aggravated by the health emergency that hit all health systems in the world, President João Lourenço dedicated special attention to the social sector, thus ensuring in the short, medium and long term that its positive results be felt in the main indicators of health and well-being of populations”, she said.
Therefore, the health sector has been recording an improvement in the provision of more and better services throughout the national territory, which has allowed an increase in the percentage of institutional births attended by qualified personnel, with a significant impact on institutional maternal mortality.
Likewise, according to the minister, there was an increase in the number of health units that provide integrated care for children.
The infrastructure has a capacity for 220 beds.
The 10-storey building, three of which are underground, comprises three blocks, with clinical emergency services, delivery room, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, physiotherapy and physical rehabilitation and surgery.
Estimated at USD 179 million, the hospital also has a unit for burns, respiratory therapy, laboratories for clinical analyses, an imaging and radiodiagnosis system, a morgue and a parking lot for 520 vehicles.
