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Shirati KMT Hospital and Health Services
Shirati KMT Hospital is located in north-western Tanzania, along the shores of Lake Victoria near the Kenyan border, in Rorya District, Mara Region.
Shirati KMT Hospital is located in north-western Tanzania, along the shores of Lake Victoria near the Kenyan border, in Rorya District, Mara Region.
Since 2010, Shirati KMT Hospital has maintained a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) / Service Agreement with the Rorya Council.
This agreement, formally signed by the Tanzania Mennonite Church (KMT) and the Rorya Council, designates Shirati KMT Hospital as the Council-Designated Hospital for Rorya District.
Our History
Shirati Hospital is among the oldest mission hospitals in Tanzania It was founded in 1934 by missionaries from Eastern Mennonite Mission (EMM) in the United States.
The first missionaries from Eastern Mennonite Mission were committed to providing education and healthcare services to communities in Rorya District. According to the 2022 Tanzania National Census, the district has a population of 354,490 people.
In 1972, major renovations and additional construction were undertaken to bring the hospital facilities up to modern standards. Throughout its history, Shirati Hospital, in partnership with the Mennonite Church, has remained committed to providing healthcare and medical treatment to people within the Shirati community and beyond the hospital’s catchment area.
Shirati is located in Rorya District along the shores of Lake Victoria at an elevation of approximately 1,200 metres above sea level.
Dr. Bwire Chirangi
Dr. Chirangi works at Shirati KMT Hospital as a Medical Practitioner, providing medical and surgical care to patients while also serving as the Medical Superintendent (Medical Director). He has been involved for several years as a researcher in the “Saving Mothers Project” and is the founder and facilitator of a program with Maastricht University in the Netherlands that brings senior medical students to Shirati for clinical placements.
Daily News and updates
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Our Departments
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Remote Clinics
The hospital also operates four remote clinics to further serve the needs of the region’s population. These clinics are located at Nyarero, Nyangoto, Burere and Nyamasanda.
Shirati Nursing School
Founded in 1959, the Shirati School of Nursing has been offering young men and women the education and training for a career in Nursing and Midwifery, along with practical experience in the Shirati Hospital. The vision of the school is to give education of high quality, effective knowledge, skills and values of Nursing and Midwifery to all people. As of 2011, the more than 1,700 graduates work through Tanzani...
Programmes & Projects
BRINGING TELEMEDICINE AND ICT TO SHIRATI
In 2012 Tanzania’s Ministry of Health and Social Welfare wrote the National eHealth Strategy to encourage the use of technology in hospitals throughout the country, but most of the advancements only came to urban centers of healthcare. Now Shirati is working with Luke Maillie, an undergraduate from the University of Notre Dame, to try and increase the…
IMPROVING MATERNAL HEALTHCARE
Millennium Development Goal (MDG) number five called for drastic improvements in maternal healthcare. Tanzania saw some improvements over the past fifteen years, but there is still much left to do. Now, Dr. Chirangi, Shirati Hospital’s Director, is starting to combat problems in maternal healthcare head on. He is beginning to pursue his PhD focused on…