Luanda – Angolan President, João Lourenço, inaugurated Wednesday a new Infant-maternal Hospital located in the country's capital, with the capacity for 220 beds.
The hospital dubbed "Dr. Manuel Pedro Azancot de Menezes" is located in the Camama District, Municipality of Belas, in Luanda, with a built area of 45,006 square meters.
The hospital is expected to increase the coverage of paediatric and maternity services, contributing to the reduction of maternal and infant mortality and increase the life expectancy of the population.
The paediatric hospital comprises three blocks with clinical emergency services, delivery room, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, physical therapy, physical rehabilitation and surgery.
Valued at 179 million US dollars, the hospital also has a burn unit, a respiratory therapy unit, clinical analysis laboratories, an imaging and radiodiagnostic system, a morgue, and a parking lot for 520 cars.
With the construction of this important hospital new jobs were created, with the hiring of 693 workers, 612 of whom are Angolans and 81 expatriates.
The Angolan government, through the Ministry of Health, built the hospital to increase the supply of qualified health services to pregnant women and their babies.
The ceremony was witnessed by the vice-president of the Republic, Bornito de Sousa, the First Lady, Ana Dias Lourenço, and government officials, among other personalities.
