Athlone Hospital | |
Org/Group: | Botswana Ministry of Health |
Map Type: | Botswana |
Region: | Lobatse |
State: | Kweneng |
Country: | Botswana |
Coordinates: | -25.2167°N 65°W |
Funding: | Government |
Type: | District |
Helipad: | No |
Patron: | None |
Founded: | 1929 |
Website: | None |
Wiki-Links: | List of hospitals in Botswana |
Athlone Hospital, also known as Lobatse Hospital, is a government-run district hospital located in Lobatse, Botswana. With bed capacity of 700[1]
Athlone hospital (Athlone DHMT) is considered to be one of the first hospitals in Botswana, located in Lobatse, a town in South-Eastern Botswana, 70 kilometres south of the capital Gaborone, situated in a valley running north towards Gaborone. Considered to be the largest hospital in Lobatse and a teaching hospital for many medical graduates.[2] It is established in year 1929 and it's a government institution.The hospital consists of the following departments: internal medicine, pediatrics, gynecology and obstetrics, accident and emergency, radiology, dentistry, ophthalmology.