The President of the Republic of Angola, General João Lourenço, today reopened (which in Portuguese means “re-inaugurate”) the Irene Neto Maternity Hospital, in the province of Huíla, paralyzed since 2018 for rehabilitation works budgeted at US$10 million ( 9.4 million euros), guaranteeing “dignified assistance” to the country’s populations.
PFor the avoidance of doubt, the act of “re-inaugurating” was witnessed by the President of the MPLA (General João Lourenço) and by the Head of Executive Power (General João Lourenço).
For João Lourenço, the reopened infrastructure in the city of Lubango, in the Angolan province of Huíla, where he visited, will benefit not only the local population, “but also the southern part of the country, especially women”. If so, the President will be able to schedule reopenings every month…
Speaking to journalists, following making a (re)guided tour of the maternity ward, which has two floors, 120 beds and various specialized services, the President stressed that the unit was reopened “on a special day for women”, International Women’s Day . It is said that in 2024 there will also be an “International Women’s Day”. If it is true, we will have João Lourenço re, re, re-inaugurate this same maternity hospital.
Asked regarding the need to install oncology services at the Hospital Central do Lubango, João Lourenço promised the construction of regional oncology hospitals, noting that Luanda, the country’s capital, “will gain a large oncology hospital”. In fact, all these hospitals will be part of the immense list of works worthy of being inaugurated, reopened and so on…
“We cannot do everything at once, the executive is going to start building a large oncological hospital in Luanda, so oncological hospitals in other parts of the country will be built later”, he said.
“What we can take as a given, practically taken for granted, is the construction of this large oncological hospital in the city of Luanda, probably due to the costs of an oncological hospital we will not put one in each province, what should happen is the construction of oncological hospitals regions”, he stressed.
The rehabilitation works at Maternidade Irene Neto were financed by Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Limited, a subsidiary of Chevron.
Regarding the project to supply water to the province of Huíla, from the Cunene river, the Angolan head of state said that his executive is in the process of mobilizing funding for building a system that responds to present and future demand. future. And then we’re going to have a bunch more openings, reopenings.
“We are not going to say exactly when (it will be built), we just want to continue to ensure that the issue of water for Huíla, in particular for the city of Lubango, is one of our concerns”, he stressed.
The MPLA executive is in the “funding mobilization phase and at any moment the works will start”, he said, noting that “the city is growing, the population has increased considerably, and for this reason the demand for water is increasingly more growing”.
“We intend to build a system here not only thinking regarding the present, but thinking regarding the growth trend of Lubango’s population”, he noted.
The Angolan President’s agenda in Huíla province also includes a visit to the construction work on the Lubango ring road.
About the national road that connects the provinces of Huíla, Benguela, Cunene and goes to the neighboring Republic of Zambia, João Lourenço assured that it will be rehabilitated.
“The current situation has created great constraints for everyone, hence our decision to rehabilitate this section that we consider important, in fact, all national roads are important”, concluded the Angolan President.
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