For Gilbert Tshibangu, a teacher at the Institut Supérieur du Commerce in Kinshasa, this is the first time that an elected President of the DRC has expressed his willingness to offer his people universal health coverage.
On the initiative of President Félix Tshisekedi, a small medical residence has been set up in Kinshasa for the elderly.
In five weeks, 656 patients have been received at the nursing home, and others are in ambulatory care. Consultations and medical imaging are free of charge. Total cost of current expenditure: nearly $32, ,000, a drop in the bucket compared with the budget allocated to the Ministry of Health. “ 726 741 510 is the amount allocated to the Ministry of Health. And represents 0.04% of the amount. total “, says Gilbert Tshibangu.
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