Mawenzi Regional Hospital
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Available for: Elective, Internship and Voluntary work
Mawenzi Regional Hospital is located in the center of Moshi town and started already before 1920 as a small military dispensary for German soldiers. In 1956 the dispensary became a hospital. Thereafter in the 1970s a new university hospital Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center (KCMC) was opened in Moshi. This resulted in all the support and development to concentrate on this new hospital. Mawenzi hospital stayed a bit behind for a while even so it remained a very busy Hospital.
Currently, service at Mawenzi Regional Hospital is developed, stable, and reliable. The Hospital has roughly about 400 workers, 15 specialist doctors, over 90 Doctors, about 60+ intern doctors, and about 300+ bed capacity.
Elective/interns student may choose to practice in any of the following departments:-
Outpatient department OPD), Inpatient department, Radiology, Clinical Nursing, Laboratory department, Mortuary, ICU, Dental, Eye, OBGY, Surgical, ENT, CTC, RCH, TB, Rehabilitative department (Occupational therapist and physiotherapy department), Orthopedic department, EMD, Psychiatric department, Medical department, and Pediatric.
In addition to the wards, there is an average of 300 out¬-patients at the hospital daily and about 50 of them will be admitted. In the pediatric ward, there are 60+ beds. The number of patients in the pediatric ward can easily rise up to 200. In the labor ward, there are more than 40 beds and several deliveries every day.
Mawenzi Hospital is very busy, workers are communicating in English and Swahili. Most workers are familiar and happy to work with foreign students. This mark it to be a very good elective/ intern placement.
At Mawenzi you need to bring their own working clothes and shoes.
The Elective / Internship fee charged at Mawenzi Regional Hospital is USD 100/Month
Mawenzi Regional Hospital is located in the center of Moshi town and started already before 1920 as a small military dispensary for German soldiers. In 1956 the dispensary became a hospital. Thereafter in the 1970s a new university hospital Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center (KCMC) was opened in Moshi. This resulted in all the support and development to concentrate on this new hospital. Mawenzi hospital stayed a bit behind for a while even so it remained a very busy Hospital.
Currently, service at Mawenzi Regional Hospital is developed, stable, and reliable. The Hospital has roughly about 400 workers, 15 specialist doctors, over 90 Doctors, about 60+ intern doctors, and about 300+ bed capacity.
Elective/interns student may choose to practice in any of the following departments:-
Outpatient department OPD), Inpatient department, Radiology, Clinical Nursing, Laboratory department, Mortuary, ICU, Dental, Eye, OBGY, Surgical, ENT, CTC, RCH, TB, Rehabilitative department (Occupational therapist and physiotherapy department), Orthopedic department, EMD, Psychiatric department, Medical department, and Pediatric.
In addition to the wards, there is an average of 300 out¬-patients at the hospital daily and about 50 of them will be admitted. In the pediatric ward, there are 60+ beds. The number of patients in the pediatric ward can easily rise up to 200. In the labor ward, there are more than 40 beds and several deliveries every day.
Mawenzi Hospital is very busy, workers are communicating in English and Swahili. Most workers are familiar and happy to work with foreign students. This mark it to be a very good elective/ intern placement.
At Mawenzi you need to bring their own working clothes and shoes.
The Elective / Internship fee charged at Mawenzi Regional Hospital is USD 100/Month