Introduction to the Hospital

Kalene Mission Hospital is a First Level referral hospital established to provide medical and spiritual care of patients and families within a Christian environment. It was commenced in 1906. Services offered have expanded over the years. Currently the hospital has approximately 180 inpatient beds and provides medical, surgical, paediatric and obstetric services.

Location

Kalene Hospital is in a remote rural situation in the northern part of Mwinilunga district in the North-western Province of Zambia. It is close to the borders of Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo. The nearest town and district hospital is Mwinilunga, 80km away, reached by unsealed road. The nearest Second level hospital is Solwezi, 250km away.

Population

Kalene Hospital serves a population of at least 33,000 Zambian citizens in the north-western corner of the country. However the hospital also provides medical care to many patients who live outside our catchment area, with many patients coming from up to 300km away. This includes patients from within Zambia, as well as visitors from Angola and Congo.

Area

Kalene Hospital is in Chief Nyakaseya's area. It is surounded by many traditional Lunda villages.
Pictures from around Kalene (2.9MB, PDF).
Dr Woodfield has been taking some photos of the views, plant and animal life on Kalene Hill. You can download a pdf document containing these here. (4MB)
Rebecca Stitt created this video while living in Mavunda, a local village.

Utilities

Fresh water is supplied by a gravity-fed system from a small reservoir. 24 hour electricity is supplied by the Zengamina Hydroelectric project in the Zambezi river. Backup power for the hospital is available via diesel generator and for emergency operations from a small petrol generator.

Vision Statement

A community where all people are healthy and uphold Christian values

Mission Statement

The mission and purpose of Kalene Mission Hospital is to provide medical care for the population served by the hospital, and a forum to communicate the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Within the constraints of available resources, we strive to maintain the highest possible standards of medical care and a supportive Christian atmosphere.

Motto

To provide quality care for the love of God and humanity

Communication

All roads in the Kalene area are unsealed. Mail is collected from Post Office Box in Ikelenge. The hospital has an internal telephone system. Cell phone coverage reached Kalene in early 2007 and the mission and hospital have benefited from this new communication method. There is also an inter-mission radio link. The hospital is privileged to have the nearby emergency evacuation services of the CMML flight service based at Kalene.

Facilities

The hospital has five wards ( maternity ward with delivery suite, men's, women's, children's and a nutrition ward). Other areas include the operating theatre, laboratory, radiology (recently upgraded), pharmacy and outpatients.