Bamalete Lutheran Hospital is a Christian health facility located in Ramotswa, a village in South-East District of Botswana, southwest of the capital of Gaborone. The hospital serves the public and has a total of 134 beds in different wards.
| Bamalete Lutheran Hospital | |
|---|---|
  Location in Botswana | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Ramotswa, North East District, Botswana |
| Coordinates | 25°13′S 25°40′E / 25.217°S 25.667°E |
| Organisation | |
| Funding | Government (Public) |
| Type | District |
| Affiliated university | None |
| Patron | None |
| Services | |
| Beds | 134 beds[1] |
| Helipad | No |
| Links | |
| Other links | List of hospitals in Botswana |
History
editLocated in Ramotswa, south west of Gaborone,[2] Bamalete Lutheran Hospital was founded and originally funded by German Lutheran missionaries in 1934,[3] although more recent funding has come from the government of Botswana.[4] Charitable organisations such as Rotary club also give funding to the hospital.[3] The country does not include any medical training centres, so all doctors are from other countries.[4] Since 2013, hospital contains a hospice run predominantly by nursing staff.[5]
Bamalete Lutheran School of Nursing
editThe Bamalete Lutheran School of Nursing was unofficially established in 1934 by Sister Emma Pfitzinger from Germany on behalf of the Lutheran Mission. Due to a lack of nursing staff, she began informal teaching of women in the local villages, who became known as "Nurse Aides". This later became a more formal style of teaching, with regular evening classes, English lessons and a nursing syllabus.[6] By 1975, the government gave its support and officially recognised the school and provided a nursing syllabus.[6] The school was closed for some time due to lack of staff and aged buildings, however, by August 1996, they had secured an affiliation with the University of Botswana and were able to fully reopen once again.[7] In 2017, an expansion project began, to provide capacity for more students in specialist areas of nursing.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Bamalete Lutheran Hospital". Bamalete Lutheran Hospital. Archived from the original on 17 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
- ^ "Ramotswa". Archived from the original on 11 January 2013.
- ^ a b "Saving Lives at Birth: The Bamalete Lutheran Hospital" (PDF). Rotary Club: The Hague Metropolitan. 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ a b "BAMALETE LUTHERAN HOSPITAL". The Electives Network. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ LaVigne, Anna W.; Gaolebale, Babe; Maifale-Mburu, Goitseone; Grover, Surbhi (October 2018). "Palliative care in Botswana: current state and challenges to further development". Annals of Palliative Medicine. 7 (4): 449–454. doi:10.21037/apm.2018.07.05. PMC 6668336. PMID 30180739.
- ^ a b "Brief History of the School". Bamalete Lutheran School of Nursing. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Bamalete Lutheran School of Nursing expands". The Midweek Sun. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2020.