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from the provincial town, Mansa,
and 22km from the Mwense district health o昀케ces. Addi琀椀onally, its
proximity to Luapula river provides
a natural route for people traveling
from the Dem. Rep. of Congo.
While medical work began in 1920,
by the grace and help of God, the
hospital has undergone infrastructure growth to become a wellequipped hospital with 110 beds
for in-pa琀椀ents due to support from
our mission workers, partners and
government. It is largely because
of this infrastructure expansion
that the hospital was 昀椀nally given
the recogni琀椀on of 昀椀rst referral hospital in 2017 by the Government.
This pronouncement has however
resulted in demand for more building work to meet the standards of a
government hospital and increased
demand for more health services.
In Mwense district, there are two
昀椀rst referral hospitals, Mwense
District Hospital: a government
hospital in lower valley, and Mambilima Mission Hospital in the upper valley. Mambilima has eight rural health centres, one private clinic
and a mini-hospital which refers direct to Mambilima Hospital for 昀椀rst
referral health services within its
catchment area of 38,298 people.
The hospital also a琀琀ends to some
cases that come from across Luapula river in Dem. Rep. of Congo.
Daily Activities
The daily schedules at Mambilima Hospital begins with morning
devo琀椀on to members of sta昀昀 and
the pa琀椀ents at 7.30am from Monday to Friday. The Word of God is
preached over loudspeakers, and
daily visita琀椀ons are made by the
evangelists and the believers to the
pa琀椀ents. The hospital has placed
English Bibles in each department
and we usually o昀昀er Bibles to our
sta昀昀 if we have some copies. Last
year we distributed 200 free Bemba Bibles to pa琀椀ents who cannot
a昀昀ord to buy one, but who knew
how to read and expressed the desire to own a Bible. There was an
overwhelming response and we
are praying that God may open
more doors for such programmes.
The Bibles were supplied by CMML
health board.
Partnerships
Mambilima Mission Hospital is
blessed with groups of dedicated health workers who have been
providing health services to the
best of their capabili琀椀es and this
has resulted in the hospital earning
a good reputa琀椀on where service
deliveries are concerned. The hospital also organises surgical camps
where the hospital host Mission
Medic Air, who come with surgeons, den琀椀sts and orthopaedic
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