Tanzania, May 3 -- Mwanza. The Minister for Health, Mohamed Mchengerwa, has directed the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Dr Seif Shekalaghe, to immediately investigate and inspect inpatient services in the male wards at the Muhimbili National Hospital over complaints that patients are staying for long periods without seeing specialist doctors, with some reported deaths linked to delayed treatment.

Mchengerwa issued the directive on May 3, 2026, while opening a meeting of the ministry's General Council of Staff in Mwanza.

He said the government had received complaints that some patients at Muhimbili were not being attended to promptly by specialist or consultant doctors, with some reportedly staying for months without being reviewed...