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.
one-lane road for 36 km (22 mi). The last 2 km (1.2 mi) into the township.
Patients come from villages on the escarpment, from the arid Zambezi Valley below, and from other areas of the country and neighboring Mozambique. The hospital serves a population of 130,345 that continues to grow. Most people in the area 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 cinder-block homes with tin roofs, to round or square huts of mud and thatch.
Services provided by St. Albert’s Mission Hospital
St. Albert’s offers general medical and obstetrical care through the following clinics and units and programs.
Female ward
Maternity ward
Pediatric ward
Isolation ward
St. Albert’s 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
- Laboratory services
- X-ray for simple diagnostic.
- Hospital Kitchen
- Laundry
- Farm project
- School of Nusing
- 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.
- 105 pregnant mothers at any given time,but up to 160 Mothers can be waiting to deliver.
