SOKOINE RRH HOSPITAL PROFILE

• INTRODUCTION

Sokoine Regional Referral Hospital is one among the Regional Referral Hospitals with Registration No 1075175 under Ministry of Health since October 2018. Hospital started at 1954 under the former governor of Tanganyika Sir Edward Twining as Health Center, in 1960 upgraded to District Hospital then in 1971 to Lindi Regional Hospital. Name changed in 1984 to Sokoine Regional Hospital, lastly in 2018 becomes Sokoine Regional Referral Hospital.  The hospital catchment area is 67,000 Km² and population in the catchment area is 1,194,028 as per census of 2022, It is a referral center for 1 Council and 5 districts namely Lindi Municipal, Mtama, Nachingwea, Ruangwa, Liwale and Kilwa District. These councils cover the hospital ascribed catchment area though at times it goes beyond the borders such as Mtwara, Tunduru and Northern Mozambique.

• SERVICE OFFERED

The hospital offer both outpatient and inpatient services as well as specialized services. The hospital attend a total number of 3600 and 1576 per month both outpatient and inpatient respectively, there are a total of 15 departments including Medical (Internal medicine &OPD), Surgical, Pediatric, Obstetric and Gynecological, Laboratory, Pharmaceutical, Radiology, Surgical specialty (Eye and Dental), Rehabilitative Departments.

Specialized services offering at the Hospital including; General surgery, Obstetric and Gynecological, and Pediatric services

• HUMAN RESOURCE INVENTORY

Hospital has total of 373 staffs whereby 46 are Medical Doctors, 139 Nurses, 6 Specialists, and other staffs are 182. Specialists available are 2 Surgeon, 3 Gynecologists, and 1 Pediatrician.

Hospital is facing challenge of shortage of staffs by 52% at maximum requirements.

• FACILITY INFRASRUCTURE

Hospital has total of 6 building, 5 are in use while 1 is under construction. There are 2 functioning Generators, 12 Motor vehicles (8 are working and 4 not working), more over Hospital has 1 underground water reserve and 5 tanks.

• TREND  OPD DISEASES FOR UNDERFIVE AND ABOVE FIVE

UNDER FIVE OPD				FIVE AND ABOVE OPD
S/N	Diagnosis	Diagnosed Clients	Percentage (out of all diagnoses)	Diagnosis	Diagnosed Clients	Percentage (out of all diagnoses)
1	Upper Respiratory Infections	248	42.69	Hypertension	975	17.05
2	Diarrhea With No Dehydration	33	5.68	Diabetes Mellitus	510	8.92
3	Diarrhea With Some Dehydration	32	5.51	Conjunctivitis - Allergic	498	8.71
4	Skin Diseases, Non-Infectious	31	5.34	Upper Respiratory Infections	495	8.66
5	Urinary Tract Infections	29	4.99	Urinary Tract Infections	420	7.34
6	Other Non-Infectious GIT Diseases	26	4.48	Peptic Ulcers	234	4.09
7	Anaemia, Severe & Mild/Moderate	24	4.13	Gynecological Diseases	217	3.79
8	Conjunctivitis - Allergic	20	3.44	Skin Infection - Fungal	168	2.94
9	Tuberculosis	17	2.93	Anaemia, Severe & Mild/Moderate	156	2.73
10	Fractures	15	2.58	Optic Nerve Disorders	138	2.41

 

Source: MTUHA OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2025