Angola’s Head of State Announces Opening of New Hospitals Across Provinces

Luanda: Angola's Head of State, Joo Lourenço, on Wednesday in Luanda announced that several new hospital units will be opened in different provinces of the country over the coming months, as part of the program to expand and modernize the national health network. The President of the Republic, who was speaking in the National Assembly while delivering the State of the Nation message that serves to open the legislative year, informed that the hospitals of Queimados, in Luanda, the General Hospital of Mbanza Congo (Zaire), the Municipal Hospital of Porto Amboim (Cuanza Sul Province), and the Institute of Forensic Anatomy, in Luanda, will soon be available to serve the population. According to Angola Press News Agency, next year, the Américo Boavida Hospital in Luanda will be fully restored and expanded. President Joo Lourenço emphasized that the Government remains committed to ensuring citizens' access to quality health services in all regions of the country. The new hospital infrastructure is part of the na tional effort to renovate and build health units, with the aim of improving care, reducing medical evacuations, and strengthening the public health system.