St. Walburg's Hospital | |
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Geography | |
Location | Nyangao, Lindi District, Lindi Region, Tanzania |
Coordinates | 10°19′52″S39°17′50″E / 10.331070°S 39.297087°E Coordinates: 10°19′52″S39°17′50″E / 10.331070°S 39.297087°E [1] |
Organisation | |
Funding | Non-Profit |
Type | District |
Religious affiliation | Christian |
Services | |
Beds | 220 |
History | |
Opened | 1959 |
Links | |
Website | nyangaohospital |
Lists | Hospitals in Tanzania |
The St. Walburg's Hospital is a Faith Based (FBH)/Council Designated Hospital (CDH) situated in Nyangao, Lindi Region. The hospital is owned by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lindi. The hospital has a 220 approved beds capacity and it has been supported by the Missionary Benedictine Sisters of Tutzing [2] and the Government of Tanzania.
Named after the Anglo-Saxon missionary, Saint Walburga, the hospital was built in 1959 by Sister Doctor Tekla Stinnesbeck at the site of a dispensary that had been running for 12 years. In 1982 Sister Doctor Raphaela Haendler oversaw the rehabilitation and expansion of the hospital to 150 beds. As of 1996, the hospital houses 220 in-patient beds. [3]
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