Hospital

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Hospital for tens of thousands

The hospital, which was funded by wortundtat and opened in 2002, is the only accessible medical care centre for the residents in the district. Compared to other local facilities, it is based on modern medical standards. Patients are treated against a small fee - and anybody, who cannot afford to pay, receives the necessary medical care free of charge.

Doctors from different fields are looking after many big and small patients: in 2009, over 2,400 patients were treated at the hospital comprising 80 Beds for women, men and children. About 500 underwent operations and 38,400 were treated as out-patients.

Most of the nursing staff, who has been working at the hospital since 2010, was training at the nursing school, which is also run by KIUMA in its own grounds.

What will remain a great challenge for the coming years is the number of well trained doctors at the hospital: whilst the World Health Organisation WHO recommends that 20 GPs each look after 100,000 residents, Tanzania has just two GPs for 100,000 residents (Source: WHO, as at 2007). Fortunately, three doctors are currently working at the KIUMA Hospital.