Doctors Inn and Pholong Centre for Kidney Diseases and Dialysis has been applauded for offering an alternative to kidney treatment thereby reducing travel burdens for patients referred from government facilities to areas outside Maun for medical attention including life-sustaining dialysis treatment.
The Doctors Inn is a medical day care centre licensed by Ministry of Health, its services include, general medical and surgical care/primary health, radiology (X-ray and Ultrasound), physiotherapy, occupational health, and laboratory.
Pholong Centre for Kidney Disease offers different services which started its operations in 2022 offer different services which include haemodialysis, screening of kidney function, consultation and health education.
The appreciation was made by Citizen Entrepreneurial Development Agency (CEDA) Maun Branch Manager Edward Magosi during the media tour of the two facilities funded by the agency.
In an interview, Magosi said that among the projects which they have funded in Maun, health ones are usually neglected therefore they realised the importance of hosting the media tour in order to sensetize the public about them.
He stated that the two health facilities have high socio-economic impacts in terms of employment generation and also offers specialised health services.
According to him, the facilities have reduced travel burdens as the government no longer refer some patients to Gaborone and Francistown to acquire some services among them life-sustaining dialysis treatment.
Speaking during the event, The Doctors Inn CEO, Dr Maxwell Nhlatho appreciated CEDA for funding their project, indicating that they were able to build their hospital structure and purchase health equipment.
Dr Nhlatho noted that the 35 bed hospital currently employs over 100 staff members. He also highlighted that their hospital has also reduced travel burdens as patients from government hospitals in Ngami District are referred to them.
In his remarks, Pholong Centre for Kidney Diseases and Dialysis Managing Director Dr Walter Moloi said that since the operation of their hospital they have employed a total of 26 staff members.
Dr Moloi has also emphasised the importance of their health facility in terms of reducing government costs on referring kidney diseases patients to Gaborone and Francistown, indicating that they provide care to around 66 patients.
