Because Dar is a base for so much of Harvard’s research, and because the GDP is seemingly higher since the cost of living is so high (rent ranges drastically, but can be as much as $4,000 / month for a 3-bedroom apartment), I had the impression that medical care would be decent in this city.
Not so – one woman spoke of how they had to take her brother to India for medical care, and some ex-pats here decided to fly to Nairobi to have their baby, since all advice they received pointed away from having a child in Dar if it could be helped.
Even though there are some trauma centers and decent private hospitals (such as Aga Khan), evidently medical care is not reliable for complicated cases (besides eye care, randomly). This is especially troublesome since Dar is the largest city in Tanzania (population = 4 million).
State College med-evac-ing complicated cases to Hershey somehow doesn’t seem as bad anymore…
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