The eye and ear screening team yesterday shifted its services to Maendeleo Primary School where about 60 people, including schoolchildren, were attended to.
On Thursday, the team screened 50 pupils at the Mbagala Kuu Primary School.
The team, which is screening victims of the Mbagala bomb blasts which occurred last month, has been given five days to accomplish the job.
The team is made up of 25 doctors and specialists from Muhimbili, Temeke and Ilala hospitals.
Ear, nose and throat specialist Dr. Simba Ruranga said a big number of schoolchildren had turned up for the exercise.
“We know every victim wants this service, but we will attend to the schoolchildren first,” he said.
On April 29, this year, bombs stockpiled at the military base armoury in Mbagala, some 14 kilometers from the city’s central business district, went off accidentally, killing 26 people and injuring over 200.
The bombs also destroyed about 8000 houses and left hundreds of people homeless.
The government promised to compensate the victims, and the evaluation exercise has been conducted. The Defence and National Services Minister Dr. Hussein Mwinyi, appointed a team to probe the cause of the accident and its report is expected out early next month.
