Dar es salaam based Muhimbili University of Health and
Allied Sciences (MUHAS) yesterday launched a new Genetics Laboratory to be used
in research on genetic disorders, diagnostic services and teaching at the
university.
The establishment of the Genetics Laboratory was
spearheaded by the Tanzanian Consulate to Istanbul-Turkey, Ziya Karahan who
generously donated the laboratory equipments worth more than USD 1 million,
while the construction and repairing of the building done by MUHAS and incurred
129m/-.
Speaking at the commissioning of the MUHAS Genetics
Laboratory (MGL), Former President Ali Hassan Mwinyi said it has been a long
time standing ambition for Tanzania to host a large genetic laboratory which
will not only be useful to its citizens but also those from nearby countries.
Former President Mwinyi, who is also a MUHAS Chancellor,
was central to the set up of the lab having generated interest between MUHAS
and the Doctors Worldwide-Turkey (DWWT) and the University of Istanbul to
collaborate in medical training programmes
“This is a unique opportunity for people from other
countries to come get knowledge here that meets international standards,” he
said.
“This laboratory is found nowhere else within East Africa
it is only here so I extend special acknowledgement to the people of
Istanbul-Turkey for making this happen,” said the former president.
On his part, the institute’s Vice Chancellor Prof Ephata
Kaaya said the laboratory will be used for teaching at MUHAS, Muhimbili
National Hospital and other Hospitals including that of Jakaya Kikwete Heart
Institute.
“It will open an avenue for research in genetics and make
it possible to confirm genetic disorders and therefore save money that would
otherwise be incurred in referring specimens to reference laboratories outside
the country,” he said.
“The university will therefore oversee the function of
the laboratory and ensure that it provides quality services to acceptable
standards,” he said
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