Dakar medical city

Description

The “Dakar Medical City” (DMC) Flagship Project aims to make Dakar the region’s benchmark healthcare center through:

• Raising the medical level to international standards;
• The development of renowned tertiary centers;
• The establishment of private clinics meeting international standards, to meet an annual demand of ten thousand (10.000) additional patients from the sub-region.

A certain number of public and private projects have been identified as contributing to achieving this objective. These include, among others:

• The construction of four (4) regional hospitals in Kaffrine, Kédougou, Sédhiou and Touba, a Cardio-pediatric Surgery Center (Cuomo center) at Fann hospital and a National Oncology Center (CNO) in Diamniadio;
• The establishment of: a private hospital called the “International Hospital of Dakar (HID)”, a medical solution production plant in Bayakh in the Thiès region (Parenterus), a vaccine production plant against yellow fever in Diamniadio and a Health Research Institute for Epidemiological Surveillance and Training (IRESSEF).

Methods of implementation 

Concerning operational implementation, it is ensured by the private sector for HID, IRESSEF, Parenterus and the Pasteur Institute of Dakar for the yellow fever vaccine production plant, and under the supervision of public structures for the center. CUOMO, the NOC and regional hospitals.