St. Francis Hospital staff pay special tribute to Professor Robert Bleichrodt. Many friends and workmates at St. Francis Mission Hospital in Katete Zambia joined the rest of the family and friends in Netherlands in paying their last respect to late Professor Robert Bleichrodt. Speaking after the moving funeral ceremony which was transmitted online on Tuesday […]
On the 26th of June the management of SFH signed a contract with MUSP Works Limited Zambia. This contractor was selected to undertake the rehabilitation part of the sewer system at the hospital. The works commenced in July. They will include a construction of a septic tank, soak-away and construction of a 300meters septic pipe […]
On the 27th of June the management of SFH drew up the contract with Top Firm Zambia, the contractor that won the tender for renovation and expansion of the Medical Laboratory. The works will start in July. Mr. Kapembwa Sikwewa, the Biomedical Scientist and the Laboratory in Charge, has described the upcoming renovation and expansion […]
Here you can download the St Francis’ Hospital Annual Report 2023.
During the last rainy season, Zambia has experienced extremely low rainfall, culminating in the worst drought the country has experienced since records began. The effects were most clearly observed in crop production: one million hectares of planted maize has been adversely affected across 84 of the 116 districts in Zambia Similarly, pasture availability has reduced […]
The Dutch Medical Support Group of St Francis’ Hospital has agreed to finance the total renovation of the Laboratory. This is a big project of an estimated 100.000 Euros, which is more expensive than the initial estimate, due to the considerably raised cost of materials. Fortunately, a long-standing partner of MSG, Wilde Ganzen Foundation (Wild […]
Mr Chungu B Mutale reports: The renovation of the Kizito surgical ward has successfully been completed and the patients have been moved back in the ward. The actual delivery period surpassed the initially proposed one. Some of the challenges that might have led to this are: (1) the countless stoppages during the roofing works as […]
“My Experience at St. Francis” By Kitty Bird, 3rd Year Medical Student, Ireland My time is St. Francis was incredible – I arrived very nervous to experience such a different hospital environment, with diseases I had never come across. I visited St. Francis because of my friend Tiernan, he had stayed there the year before […]
by John Mwanza Malou Sorbi is a medical student from Netherlands. She came to St. Francis Hospital on 27th May, 2023 and left on 7th July, 2023. She was inspired to come to Zambia at St. Francis Hospital Katete by a friend who once did his medical experience at St. Francis Hospital early 2023 who […]
St. Francis Hospital is grateful to receive a power generator. Ministry of Health has given St. Francis Hospital a power generator. This power generator will help the hospital to supply power when there is power interruption from ZESCO power which has been a challenge to the hospital.
