St. Albert’s is located about 200 kms (120 mi) north of Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital, on the edge of the Zambezi escarpment. (Zimbabwe -- Google maps) To reach St. Albert’s, one travels a two-lane highway from Harare to Mt. Darwin then a
one-lane road for 36 km (22 mi). The last 2 km (1.2 mi) into the township is
dirt road.
one-lane road for 36 km (22 mi). The last 2 km (1.2 mi) into the township is
dirt road.
Patients come from the surrounding villages on the escarpment, the arid Zambezi Valley and neighboring Mozambique. The hospital serves a population of 120,000 that continues to grow. In the countryside surrounding St. Albert’s, most people live by subsistence farming. Maize is the chief crop and the staple food, as in all of Zimbabwe. Housing ranges from contemporary multi-roomed homes to one-room cinderblock homes with tin roofs, to round or square huts of mud and thatch.
Services
provided by St. Albert’s Mission Hospital
St. Albert’s Mission Hospital offers general medical and obstetrical care through the following clinics and units and programs.
Female ward
Maternity ward
Pediatric ward
Isolation ward
General surgery is provided by visiting surgeons. Volunteers are always needed.
Supplies of film and chemicals are an ongoing problem
Power cuts curtail our work.
Hospital Kitchen
Laundry
Farm project
School of Midwifery
Voluntary counseling and testing
Community outreach programs
Community home based care
Orphan program
Cervical Cancer Prevention Project
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Program
Health Information and Medical Records Management
Maternity
Mother’s waiting home.
105 pregnant mothers at any given time,but up to 160 Mothers can be waiting to deliver.
St. Albert’s Mission Hospital offers general medical and obstetrical care through the following clinics and units and programs.
- Outpatient clinic
- Maternity – antenatal clinic
- Rehabilitation and physical therapy
- Inpatient care
Female ward
Maternity ward
Pediatric ward
Isolation ward
- Surgery – mainly obstetrical
General surgery is provided by visiting surgeons. Volunteers are always needed.
- Laboratory services
- Radiology
Supplies of film and chemicals are an ongoing problem
Power cuts curtail our work.
Hospital Kitchen
Laundry
Farm project
School of Midwifery
Voluntary counseling and testing
Community outreach programs
Community home based care
Orphan program
Cervical Cancer Prevention Project
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Program
Health Information and Medical Records Management
Maternity
Mother’s waiting home.
105 pregnant mothers at any given time,but up to 160 Mothers can be waiting to deliver.