Bethesda Hospital
Overview
Bethesda Hospital was founded in 1937 by the Methodist Church, but is now run by the provincial government. This facility is a district hospital located in the north-eastern corner of KwaZulu Natal in the small village of Ubombo on the Lebombo Mountains. The nearest town is Mkuze 16 km's away at the foot of the mountain.
The hospital has 210 beds and includes both primary and secondary level medical care, serving a population of up to 100 000 people in an area of about 1500 square kilometres. There is a busy outpatient department at the hospital. Eight residential clinics and two mobile clinic teams provide primary health care. The residential clinics are visited weekly by the medical staff.
The spectrum of illnesses seen at this facility is very broad and the work is in effect extremely varied including medicine, tropical diseases, surgery, paediatrics, obstetrics & gynecology, anesthetics and ophthalmology (including cataract surgery).
