“The hospital has a farm where we have decided to venture into both nutritional gardening and other commercial agricultural projects,” he said. “We are hoping to raise about $6 million to revamp our hospital.” Mantiziba said they needed a tractor and other farming equipment to enhance their efforts.
“We are embarking on various fundraising programmes to rehabilitate our theatres, laundry services, casualty departments and boilers,” he said.
Mpilo has a carrying capacity of 1,000 beds and was being overwhelmed by patients. Out of three boilers, only one is functional.