Isoko Hospital

Isoko Hospital, a Designated Hospital for the Ileje District since 1976, is owned by the Moravian Church in Tanzania - Southern Province. It was built by the Moravian Church in Tanganyika Southern Province with support from the Moravian Church in Europe. The Hospital started as a Dispensary in the 1950’s and turned into a Hospital in 1961. It started with 50 beds and was later expanded in 1976 to provide 110 beds. Nowadays, the Hospital has 122 beds and employs a total of around 90 people. The Hospital signed a service agreement with the Ileje district in 2012.

The Hospital is situated at Isoko Village, Kafule ward, Bundali division, Ileje District in the Mbeya Region. The Hospital is situated at the foot of Kashima Mountain, which is the highest mountain in the district. The Mountain is covered with natural forest, which creates good and conducive environmental conditions at Isoko village throughout the year.

Isoko Hospital is 200 kilometres away from the Mbeya Referral Hospital and Consultant Hospital,  65 kilometres away from Itumba Hospital and District head quarter and 65 kilometres away from the Rungwe district headquarter.

Vision

To be the best health care provider for qualitative and affordable services, based on human values.

Mission

Provide quality, affordable and accessible health care services to all the people in the area with high professional care for social economic sustainability.

Values

Love - We insist on brotherly and sisterly love among the people.

Integrity - We are highly disciplined in accomplishing assignments.

Credibility - As a church facility we are possessing a high credibility to our community.

Good governance - We deliver our services by adhering to principles of good governance.

Orphan Project - Isoko orphan scheme started in 1996, after signing the agreement between the Deanery of Berg Strass – Mitte in Germany and the Moravian Church in Tanzania - Southern Province. The major goals of the project are to assist orphans with minimum requirements such as clothes, beddings, school fees and medical care. Between 2012 and 2014, around 1700 orphans were supported on average per year. 

Artemisia Project - The natural medicine project with the artemisia plant is founded by Mission 21 since 2008. It serves people in rural, remote areas of MCT-SP. The project aims to reduce the burden of prevailing diseases in the community. The key plant is Artemisia, which strengthens the resistance of the body against malaria in a natural way. 

Rest House - The hospital uses one building as a rest house. It consists of six rooms and a small hall. It is a precious house, which most of government officials use to spend the night and conduct meetings, seminars and workshops.

Planter - The hospital occupies a small planter. Common customers are hospital staff, relatives of patients and hospital visitors. For the moment, the hospital serves lunch and breakfast.

Carpentry Workshop - The carpentry workshop is located at the hospital campus. The workshop is equipped with plain and cutting machines. The workshop facilitates the implementation of hospital activities such as renovation and repairing of hospital buildings.

Hurling and grinding machines - The machines operate on electricity. During dry season the machines are usually not operating due to low production of the hydropower turbine.

Patients’ relative houses - The relative’s houses consist of two hostels, one for women and one for men. There is also a kitchen, which relatives use to prepare food for inpatients.

P.O. Box 1
Isoko-Ileje
Tanzania

Email: isokohospital6@gmail.com
Phone:
Doctor in Charge +255 754 915622
Hospital Secretary  +255 755 052726