Our Services

The hospital is one of only two hospitals in the Tarime District. Shirati Hospital has 150 beds which at times are shared by more than one patient. The majority of the local population has no health insurances and due to the extreme poverty of the area have little money for health care services. Shirati Hospital provides many medical services below the actual cost of the service. Many patient bills are written off as uncollectible.

Shirati Hospital provides a wide range of outpatient and inpatient services.
Outpatient Services:
• Care and Treatment Center for HIV (CTC)
• Volunteer Counseling Testing Center (VCT-Angaza zaidi)
• TB Clinic
• Burkitt's Lymphoma Clinic
• Dental Care Clinic
• Pharmacy
• Laboratory
• X-ray
• Antenatal Care and Family Planning
• Reproductive Child Health Care (RCHC) Outreach Program
• Ultrasound
• AMREF Outreach Program

Inpatient Services
• Surgery
• Pediatrics Ward
• Maternity Ward
• Female Ward
• Male Ward
• Leprosy Ward
• Laundry
• Infusion Unit
• Blood Transfusion
• Pediatrics

Departments
• Shirati School of Nursing and Midwifery
• SLCC
• Physiotherapy and Orthopaedic Workshop Unit

The hospital also operates four remote clinics to further serve the needs of the region’s population. These clinics are located at Nyarero, Burere and Nyamasanda.

Nyarero
This Health Center is headed by a Clinical Officer who is assisted by a Nurse Officer In charge. The center has 30 beds and is able to provide many of the services which are available at Shirati Hospital. However the Health Center does not perform any surgical procedure.

Burere & Nyamasanda
These two centers are our smallest Health Centers with 10 beds each. Each center is headed by a clinical officer and provides only out-patient services.