Tanzania, Nkoaranga hospital
In western Europe the healthcare situation is developing rapidly.
During recent discussions about medical problems with medical specialists and professors, it appeared that, in their view, the further training of young graduate doctors to become medical specialists should be improved, particularly on a wider scale, outside their special training program.
They note that the training takes place according to national protocols and in most cases also within only one hospital, with each country setting their own requirements for the training separately. On the other hand, they note that health care is becoming increasingly international. They are therefore convinced that additional training as a medical specialist should be more in line with the international character of healthcare.
The EROM project offers young doctors, working in the European Union, the opportunity to work as a medical doctor during a short period in a hospital in another country.
At this moment we have an agreement with the Nkoaranga Hospital in Tanzania that is interested to accept young European residents for a period of a few months to do voluntary work as a doctor in their hospital.
The hospital is located in Arusha region, Tanzania
Arusha City is a Tanzanian city, with a population of 617,631,[1] and the regional capital of the Arusha Region, with a population of 2,356,255 (2022 census).[2]
Located below Mount Meru on the eastern edge of the eastern branch of the Great Rift Valley, Arusha City has a temperate climate. The city is close to the Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Lake Manyara National Park, Olduvai Gorge, Tarangire National Park, Mount Kilimanjaro, and Mount Meru in the Arusha National Park.
The city is a major international diplomatic hub. It hosts the African Court[3] of the African Union and is the capital of the East African Community. From 1994 to 2015, the city also hosted the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, but that entity has ceased operations. Currently, it hosts one of the headquarters of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals.
Arusha is a multicultural city with a majority Tanzanian population of mixed backgrounds: indigenous African, Arab-Tanzanian and Indian-Tanzanian population, plus a small European and North American minority population. Religions of the Arusha city population include Christianity, Islam, Sikhism and Hinduism.
Nkoaranga Hospital.
Nkoaranga Lutheran Hospital started in the 1930s as a small dispensary, ran by German Christians. After time it became a health center under the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. While Nkoaranga Lutheran Hospital continues under the Diocese to this day, it became recognized as a Hospital by the local Government in the 1950s.
Background
Nkoaranga Lutheran Hospital is a non-for-profit, private hospital under the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania, Meru Diocese. The hospital is situated in Arumeru District, 21 km from Arusha headquarters and about 5 km from the main road. The hospital covers 7 Districts in Arusha Region, which include a total population of about 321 842 people.
Nkoaranga Lutheran Hospital has currently a capacity of 120 beds for patient admission. It also provides services including clinical lab sciences, radiology screening, RCH clinic and a dental clinic.
Main departments offering specialized services include:
– CTC
– Dental
– General Surgery
– Laboratory
– Maternity and RCH
– Mortuary
– Orthopedics
– Palliative Care
– Pediatrics
– Pharmacy
– Physiotherapy
– Radiology
– Urgent Care
European residents who are interested to work on voluntary basis in this hospital can contact us:
For contact in the Netherlands: e-mail: j.gisberts@home.nl or jos.gisberts@ecfund.eu Tel. +31654967335
For contact in Italy e-mail: francesco.russo@uniroma2.it or russof@uniroma2.it Tel: +393473111666
We will provide interested candidates with more detailed information about the hospital, the country and the requirements for travelling, visiting the country and working in the hospital.