Kalene Mission Hospital is in the northwest corner of Zambia, approximately 20 kilometres from the borders of Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Kalene Hospital from the air (Click for larger image)

Dr Walter Fisher commenced the medical work in 1905 from his home on Kalene Hill. The current hospital facility at the foot of the hill was built in the 1950's. The hospital has approximately 180 beds and provides inpatient and outpatient services including maternity, paediatrics, general medicine, infectious diseases, malnutrition and surgery.

The hospital is part of a network of mission stations under the auspices of Christian Missions in Many Lands (CMML). It has a constitution, and a hospital board. Plans are underway to redevelop the hospital so that it can be used to help train staff to work in other mission hospitals and health clinics in Zambia, DRC and Angola.

The Kalene area combines a number of advantages, which have contributed to it being redeveloped as a training hospital. The hospital is close to the Zambezi river, and from 2007 has been provided with reliable 24 hour electricity as a result of the Zengamina hydroelectric project. The hospital is in a good geographic position to help the medical work in Angola and DRC and is central to the Lunda tribal area. There is both the opportunity and space to renovate and expand hospital buildings, with recent renovation being supported by the Zambian Government, Brass Tacks and the Beit Trust. There is a flight service and nursing school facility on site and Sakeji primary school is about 20 km away.

Resources:
Pictures from around Kalene (2.1MB, PDF).
Instructions on how to get to Kalene.