Government is determined to improving the quality of life and ensuring safety for everybody by investing in the health care sector, with a sum of Rs 12.2 billion earmarked in Budget 2018-2019.
Provision is being made for the upgrading of existing primary health care infrastructures and construction of new ones so as to enhance the health care system and make of Mauritius a medical centre of excellence. They include: improving neonatal services in hospitals; specialised services to address chronic conditions related to non-communicable diseases; construction of new Teaching Hospital in Flacq; developing a medical hub at Côte d'Or City which comprises a modern Eye Hospital, a warehouse for medical products, a New National Health Laboratory Services Centre and the AYUSH Hospital for ayurvedic treatment; setting up of a New Cancer Centre; and acquisition of a fully-fledged mobile caravan to promote early detection of breast and cervical cancer.
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