Haydom is a relatively large hospital in a remote area, with more than 400 beds and a catchment area of around 2 million people. This fact gives some challenges: - the people in the catchment area belong to the poorest of Tanzania - it is hard to get specialized staff as Haydom is a remote village with only 4.000 inhabitants, so not much facilities as education and entertainment; this makes working in Haydom for Tanzanian doctors less interesting than working in a larger city; so it is not easy to get enough professional staff - as most people are poor, the hospital cannot charge all the expenses that the hospital makes for them; this leads to a permanent deficit that has to be covered with money from outside - the Tanzanian government is helping with subsidizing staff salaries and medicine, this is not enough to cover all necessary staff; beside that if equipment is required this is only possible with help from outside the hospital Sometimes people in the area have to walk for three days to get to the hospital. The hospital provides health care on the maximum standard that we can reach in these circumstances. But this has its price. When the patient arrives in the hospital and the prices are too high and he or she can’t pay, the only way is to return home, still sick. We want to avoid this but this is only possible with help from outside. So… we are looking for donors who can help us to keep the people in this remote part of Tanzania healthy. Maybe you are interested, even if you are a small or a large donor, you are most welcome to contact us and see what is the best way how you can contribute to this hospital.

Poor Patient Fund

If we get a patient who is not able to pay, he or she can ask for help of our Poor Patient Fund. After we have checked the situation of the patient the hospital fee will be paid from this fund. The more we have in this fund, the more patients we can help. Be sure that these patients are extremely grateful for your contribution! .

Get Involved by Donation

Haydom Lutheran Hospital is for all the extra’s outside the normal clinical work depending on donations. Especially for equipment, but also for services like mother & child help in remote areas through outreach.

We are very happy with all donations, big or small. If you want your donation to be used for a specific goal just let us know.

Hospital Equipment

If you or your hospital has equipment that is still in a good shape, and easy to maintain in a country like Tanzania, we are very interested to see if this used (or new…) equipment is needed by the hospital. See the enclosed list of equipment we need. If you have, please contact fundraising@haydom.co.tz.