MUSOMA, Oct. 25 -- A team of specialists from Muhimbili Orthopedic and Neurosurgery Institute (MOI) has arrived in Mara region to  set up a medical camp for specialists and specialized services at the Mwalimu Nyerere Memorial Regional Referral Hospital in the region.

The camp, which also serves as a medical tourism mission, will treat patients with accidents, bones, brain, spine, and nerves from the Lake Zone regions and Western provinces of Kenya.

The move also aims to build the capacity of the hospitals specialists to provide specialist and specialized services as part of the implementation of government directives to build the capacity of regional referral hospitals to reduce referrals to the MOI and bring these services closer ...