DAR ES SALAAM, Sept. 6 -- THE Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute (JKCI), since its establishment in 2015, has saved over one million lives and saved 172bn/- that could have been used to send heart patients abroad.

Speaking at a ceremony to mark 10 years of providing heart treatment services that coincided with the launch of the institutions history book in Dar es Salaam, JKCI Director, Dr Peter Kisenge, said they expect to save more lives in the coming years, especially at this time when they are focused on using the brain.

Dr Kisenge said that in 10 years they have made great progress, however, they are still continuing to expand heart services in the country by building a 100-bed pediatric heart childrens hospital in the Mloganzila area...