ARUSHA, July 23 -- HUNDREDS of patients are accessing specialist medical care at Mount Meru Regional Referral Hospital, where an ongoing surgeons camp is providing examinations, consultations, treatment and surgical procedures for various health conditions.

The camp, which entered its fourth day on Thursday, is enabling patients to receive specialised and super-specialised services closer to home, reducing the need for referrals to higher-level hospitals, according to information from the Ministry of Health in Arusha.

Organised by the East, Central and Southern Africa Health Community (ECSA-HC) in collaboration with the government through the Ministry of Health, the initiative seeks to expand access to specialist healthcare services whi...