Tanzania Heart Institute staffs
Dar es Salaam. The founder of the Tanzania Heart Institute (THI) and respected cardiovascular surgeon, Dr Ferdinand Masau, has died in a hospital in Dar es Salaam where he was admitted since last Sunday.
Speaking to The Citizen on Saturday at the
deceaced residence in Mbweni, his widow Janeth Masau said her husband
died on Thursday evening at the Aga Khan Hospital in Dar es Salaam where
he had been admitted for the last four days.
She said her husband was diagnosed with pneumonia,
anaemia and deficiency of oxygen in the blood after being admitted at
the hospital. Mrs Musau says that Dr Masau’s health problems started
after his hospital equipment were confiscated by his landlord.
The widow said currently family members were in a
meeting to discuss funeral arrangements on whether his body would be
buried at his home village Murutunguru in Ukerewe, Mwanza Rregion, or
here in Dar es Salaam.
“He has left a widow and five children, two of
whom are pursuing medical studie...he has left a huge gap in our
family,” the widow noted.
Tanzania Heart Institute was founded by the
deceased during his cardiovascular surgery training at the Texas Heart
Institute in the United States.
The THI is a non-profit organisation dedicated to
the treatment of heart, blood vessels, chest and related diseases
through innovative and progressive programmes in research, education and
patient care in Tanzania.
Reached for comment yesterday, the deputy minister
for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Suleiman Rashid, said the nation has
lost a great man who dedicated his professional life to assisting the
needy.
“I knew him for many years since we were both
interns at KCMC hospital in Kilimanjaro Region...he was dedicated to
saving the lives of fellow Tanzanians. Health professionals have lost a
great man,” Dr Rashid said.
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