Kilema Hospital - Your Health, Our Priority

A Brief Description of Our Facility

Kilema Hospital is a council designated Hospital (CDH) owned by the Catholic Diocese of Moshi. It is located at Moshi Rural District, serving mainly the eastern half of the District. It is situated in Mkyashi village in West Vunjo Division of Moshi Rural District in Kilimanjaro Region which is in the northern part of Tanzania mainland. It is at an altitude of about 1500 meters above the sea level and 52 km from Moshi municipality.

Kilema Hospital began as a Dispensary in 1920 and in 1976 it was upgraded to the status of a hospital. In July 1984, it became a District designated hospital and in 2014 it became a council designated hospital (CDH) up to date. The hospital is governed by a board of 11 members: six members nominated by the Diocese and 5 members nominated by the Government. The daily organization of the Hospital activities is under the Hospital Management Team (HMT), which comprises the Doctor in charge, Hospital Matron, Hospital Secretary, and all In-charges of hospital departments.

The hospital has a 150-bed capacity and services offered are inpatient services, outpatient services, CTC, Radiology, Dental and eye services, laboratory services, and Pharmaceutical services. As a Public Private Partnership (PPP), it offers health services with the public being sensitized to share the cost. The Government is supposed to support the whole Recurrent Expenditure and the Diocese, being the owner, is responsible for all Capital Expenditure.

Our Vision

Become the Centre of excellence in provision of quality services which is achievable, affordable, and accessible.

Our Mission

To provide accessible, high-quality and cost-effective health care services to the client.

Our Motto

"Your health, your wealth"

Our Core Values

The principles that guide everything we do

Responsibility

We make quality health services available, affordable and accessible to all.

Teamwork

We cooperate and collaborate with the Catholic Diocese, the government, and other agencies to make health care accessible.

Heritage

We observe all ethical norms according to the teaching of the Catholic Church and professional bodies.

Care

We promote and safeguard human life at all stages.

Equality

We show compassion for all, serve preferentially the poor, vulnerable, and marginalized.

Hospitality

We facilitate spiritual assistance to everyone we serve according to their faith, transforming sickness into personal growth.

Commitment

We are stewards entrusted with God's resources committed to active Christian witness, integrity, fairness, and accountability.

Dignity & Reverence

We safeguard life by recognizing every life as a gift from God, so each individual is inherently valued.

Integrity & Quality

Honesty and fairness in everything we do, striving to exceed expectations and committing to deliver quality and value.

Our Philosophy

We believe in the values and principles of ethical and religious directives inherent in the medical and moral teachings of the Catholic Church, to provide health care services in accordance with these teachings. We believe that each person is unique, created and loved by God, and has a basic right to wholeness of life. We are committed to creating an environment that affirms the whole person: body, mind, and spirit. We believe that all who come together to serve on behalf of Kilema hospital deserve to be treated with the respect for their own self-worth, dignity, and potential for growth.

We believe that all creation is a gift of God. As responsible stewards, we care for human, natural, physical, and financial resources for the good of all. We particularly cherish, respect, support, and defend human life from conception through its providential end. We believe the concept of total care embraces the physical, psychological, spiritual, social, and economic needs of all individuals and families served, regardless of race, creed, gender, age, life style, or economic status.

We believe that our healing ministry promotes and upholds attitudes of respect, healing presence, stewardship, community, and personal and professional growth. Assurances of total health services that are preventive, promotive, and curative with high professional skills and dedicated apostolic enthusiasm and care is our overall objective. We believe in holistic, coordinated, and effective patient care based on scientific and ethical principles, research findings, cultural understanding, and experience-based intuition.

Catchment Area

The Hospital has an assigned catchment area of Mwika North, Mwika South, Mamba South, Mamba North, Marangu West, Marangu East, Makuyuni, Kilema North, Kilema South, Vunjo West, Vunjo East and Kilema Kati.

Population: The Moshi District has a population of 599,663 according to the 2022 census.

Referral System

Kilema Hospital is a referral hospital for all other health facilities in the assigned catchment area, comprising:

3 Local government RHCs (Kirua, Mwika, Himo)
1 Faith Based Organization (FBO) – Faraja Hospital
14 Local government Dispensaries
13 Diocese Dispensaries (Maua, Uomboni, Makomu, Mbahe, Mboni, Rauya, Uchira, Miwaleni, Uparo, Karmeli, Iwa, Yamu and Mawanjeni)

Kilema Hospital continues to refer patients to KCMC and Mawenzi Regional Referral Hospital.

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