Traditional Authorities including Senior Traditional Authority Nthache and Govati have expressed their heartfelt appreciation for the new spirit which Member of Parliament for Mwanza West constituency Joyce Chitsulo has brought to the constituency in areas of health sector by making people to easily access public healthcare.
Since Joyce Chitsulo was elected MP for the area, there has been enormous effort to bring healthcare services close to the people as several rural health posts have been constructed.
The first was on April 11, 2022 when she opened the Chimbwinda health post which was inaugurated by Dr Matthews Ngwale, the parliamentary chairperson on Health Services.
Ngwale, who is an expert himself in Health Services and Tropical Hygiene hailed Chitsulo for displaying total love and care by among others buying an ambulance at the Post which will be used to transport critically sick patients and pregnant women who are due to deliver to Mwanza District Hospital.
In her remarks, Chitsulo said the Post at Chimbwinda is a fulfilment of one of many campaign promises and that she was happy to witness her dreams come true.
"My pledge that I made during campaign season were full of robustness needed to harness our constituency demands. Am committed to transform the health sector so that pregnant women stop walking long distances to access antenatal services and give general medical assistance to the people including villages of njanjama, kamwendo, chenedi, Phanda, sathamapila, nkhoma, ilemba, kaphelana, nkhalizi,kaguro among others.
At the Chimbwinda health post, Chitsulo is providing fuel worth K300,000 every month for the ambulance and topping the allowances for all health workers
In their remarks, Senior Traditional Authority Nthache and Govati said this is dream come true that finally the constituency has a real servant of the people because their people would no longer be dying of treatable diseases because of the health posts she is constructing across the constituency including Kalanga and Kayela Health Posts among others
Durimg the opening of the Chimbinda heath post,top government officials attended including District Commissioner for Mwanza, Malango Botomani,Director of Health and Social Services, Dr Ireen Zuze and Mwanza Police Officer In Charger, Kelvin Maigwa among others.