DAR ES SALAAM, April 10 -- THE Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC), a referral hospital serving Tanzanias northern zone, has launched a fundraising drive to collect 2.7bn/-to complete the construction of a major heart disease treatment center.

 The facility is expected to become the second of its kind in Tanzania after the Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute (JKCI).

Speaking in Dar es Salaam, the hospitals Director, Professor Gileard Masenga, said the new cardiac institute will serve a large number of citizens and help reduce the burden currently handled by JKCI in Dar es Salaam.

He noted that construction of the center has reached 35 percent completion, and specialists who trained abroad are already back in the country await...