Kibong’oto hails govt over new recruitment

MANAGEMENT of the Siha-based Kibong’oto Infectious Disease Hospital (KIDH) in Kilimanjaro Region has commended the government for giving them permission to recruit new health workers.

The move has led the hospital to get 55 new employees.

The compliments were given recently by the Head of the hospital, Dr Leonard Subi, during an orientation seminar held to sharpen skills among the new employees of the institution.

“We are very grateful to the sixth phase government under the leadership of President Dr Samia Suluhu Hassan for giving permission that led to recruitment of these new employees who will contribute to the improvement of services in our health facility, especially considering the big number of patients who come to seek treatment services here every day”, he said.

“These new employees will reduce the gap of employees we had, whereby the number of employees will now increase from 250 to 305 employees”.

Dr Subi said the new health staff at the KIDH will increase productivity as far as the institution is concerned, which he said was in the process of becoming a national hospital.

Commenting on the seminar, Dr Subi said it was part of the institution’s procedures to give orientation seminars to new employees with the aim of making them familiar with the institution and the government’s expectations in their services (new employees) to the public.

“In conducting this orientation seminar, we have collaborated with other institutions related to public moral issues, which include the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) and various financial institutions”, he said.

For his part, hospital’s Administrative Officer Simon Njea, said the new employees have been trained on various matters including principles of public service which they will apply when on duty.

“They have to work in accordance with laws, regulations and health procedures”, he noted.

Speaking on behalf of the new 55 employees at KIDH, Mr Francis Thobias thanked the government for employing them, promising that they will work professionally in serving the people.

In April this year, the government through the Ministry of Health announced 247 job vacancies for health personnel to work in various medical fields, especially in areas with critical shortage of professionals.

The ministry announced the vacancies after obtaining an employment permit from the President’s Office Public Service Management and Good Governance.

According to the ministry’s announcement, the successful applicants were to be posted to the areas with critical shortage of the health experts.