Deborah Retief Memorial Hospital
Appearance
Deborah Retief Memorial Hospital | |
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Botswana Ministry of Health | |
Geography | |
Location | Mochudi, Kgatleng, Botswana |
Coordinates | 24°25′S 26°09′E / 24.417°S 26.150°E |
Organisation | |
Funding | Government |
Type | District |
Affiliated university | None |
Patron | None |
Services | |
Helipad | No |
History | |
Opened | September 1932[1] |
Links | |
Other links | List of hospitals in Botswana |
Deborah Retief Memorial Hospital is a government-run district hospital located in Mochudi, one of the larger villages in Botswana with a population of 44,815 people in 2011. It is situated in the Bakgatla tribal region, in Kgatleng District, about 37 km (23 mi) northeast of Gaborone. The village lies several kilometres from the main Gaborone–Francistown road, and can be accessed through a short turn at Pilane. Botswana.[2] The hospital was established in September 1932. It is named in memory of the missionary Deborah Retief.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Establishment of Deborah hospital". Retrieved 13 October 2017.
- ^ "District Hospitals". Archived from the original on 7 May 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ Morton, Fred; Ramsay, Jeff; Mgadla, Part Themba (2008). Historical Dictionary of Botswana. African Historical Dictionaries. Vol. 108 (4th ed.). Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press. pp. 289–90. ISBN 978-0-8108-5467-3.
External links
[edit]- Botswana Ministry of Health Archived 24 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine