Athlone District Hospital

Athlone Hospital
Botswana Ministry of Health
Athlone District Hospital is located in Botswana
Athlone District Hospital
Location in Botswana
Geography
LocationLobatse, Kweneng, Botswana
Coordinates25°13′S 25°40′E / 25.217°S 25.667°E / -25.217; 25.667
Organisation
FundingGovernment
TypeDistrict
Affiliated universityUniversity of Botswana
PatronNone
Services
HelipadNo
History
Opened1929
Links
Other linksList of hospitals in Botswana

Athlone Hospital, also known as Lobatse Hospital, is a government-run district hospital located in Lobatse, Botswana. With bed capacity of 700[1]

History

Athlone hospital (Athlone DHMT) is considered to be one of the first hospitals in Botswana, located in Lobatse, a town in South-Eastern Botswana, 70 kilometres south of the capital Gaborone, situated in a valley running north towards Gaborone. Considered to be the largest hospital in Lobatse and a teaching hospital for many medical graduates.[2] It is established in year 1929 and it's a government institution. The hospital consists of the following departments: internal medicine, pediatrics, gynecology and obstetrics, accident and emergency, radiology, dentistry, ophthalmology.

References

  1. ^ "District Hospitals". Archived from the original on 7 May 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  2. ^ Laws of Botswana Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine, Ministry of Local Government Archived 2009-07-18 at the Wayback Machine


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