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Facility
Distribution by District |
Maseru District – Population: 477,599
Maseru is the most well endowed district as far as health
personnel and facilities are concerned, this is true only
for the urban parts of the district. The national referral
hospital which in the past also doubled as a district
hospital is situated in Maseru. The two specialised
Hospitals, Mohlomi Mental and Bots`belo Leprosy are also
based in Maseru. Four other hospitals are based on Maseru
District: Scott Hospital, Morija; St Joseph Hospital, Roma;
Maseru Private Hospital; Makoanyane Military Hospital.
Maseru also has two filter clinics: Qoaling and Ha Mabote
and 47 Health Centres. 70% of the private practitioners in
the country are situated in Maseru. Rural parts of Maseru
also have other providers including Red Cross and Blue Cross
Berea District – Population: 300,557
Berea is one of the pilot districts for the decentralisation
initiative under the Health Sector Reform Programme. The
district has two hospitals, Maluti Adventist Hospital and
Berea Government Hospital. The total number of health
centres in this district is 12, while the number of private
practitioners is 4. See decentralisation for more details
Leribe District – Population:
362,339
Leribe has two hospitals, Motebang Government Hospital and `Mmamohau
Hospital. Leribe being situated along the route leading to
the Katse dam, benefited from injection of various resources
including construction of two Clinics at Ha Lejone and
Mphorosoane Clinics; a trauma unit at Motebang Hospital.
These initiatives significantly improved geographic access
for the population in this district. The number of health
centres in Leribe is 30, one filter clinic was constructed
in Maputsoe while there are 5 private practitioners in the
district.
Buthe Buthe District – Population:
126,948
Butha Buthe has two hospitals Butha Buthe Government
Hospital and Seboche Hospital. The district has 10Health
Centres and 3 private practitioners.
Mokhotlong District –
Population: 89,705
Mokhotlong has one Government Hospital, 10 Health Centres,
one is serviced by the LFDS. There is 1 private practitioner
in this district.
Qacha’s Nek District – Population:
80,323
Qacha’s Nek has two hospitals: Machabeng Government Hospital
and Tebellong Hospital. The district has 12 health centres,
2 serviced by LFDS and 1 private practitioner.
Thaba Tseka – Population: 133,680
Thaba Tseka is one of the decentralisation pilot districts.
The district has two CHAL hospitals, St James and Paray and
no government hospital, 20, health centres with 5 serviced
by LFDS and 3 private practitioners. The government has
established a Health division which oversees health matters
in the district in 2004/05 the budget for the Thaba Tseka
Health Division was M3,382,830. The health division gets
technical support from the two CHAL hospitals. See
decentralisation for more details
Quthing District – Population:
140,641
Quthing has one government hospital, Nt`shekhe Hospital, 9
health centres and 1 private practitioner.
Mohale’s Hoek District – Population:
206,842
Mohale’s Hoek is one of the pilot districts for
decentralisation within the Ministry. The district has one
Government Hospital, 12 health centres with 1 serviced by
LFDS and 3 private practitioners. See decentralisation for
more details
Mafeteng District – Population:
238,946
Mafeteng has one government hospital, 19 health centres and
3 private practitioners
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