A private company from Israel has entered into an agreement with the National ministry of health to build a hospital in Juba.
Staro Medic Company will construct the hospital with 600 beds in the former Hai Temorigia, near Juba teaching hospital. Health Minister, Michael Hussein Mill,i made the revelation while touring Juba teaching hospital with a delegation from the company. The Minister did not give details of when the hospital will be built, but said the new facility would give people access to more health services.
“Everybody knows that Juba teaching hospital now is not able to cope with the number of patients that go to the hospital on daily basis. So we brought them on site to see physical the number of patients that attend the various departments on daily basis. We went to the wards and they have seen the congestion there, after seeing it they have agreed that they are ready to construct a six hundred bed hospital for us in Juba,” says Milli.