SETTING

Located near the eastern border of Swaziland in Siteki, the Good Shepherd Hospital is a 125-bed rural hospital run by the Catholic Diocese in partnership with the Government. The Board governs the hospital and the Bishop acts as patron. The Management Board (consisting of the Administrator, the Medical Superintendent, the Chief Matron, and the Principal of the Nursing School) oversees the day-to-day running of the hospital. All capital expenditure (equipment, buildings, vehicles etc.) is from funds generated by the Catholic Church. The Government pays the staff salaries.

GSH is the sole hospital responsible for the health care of the Lubombo Region, making up around 1/3rd of the land area of Swaziland. The catchment area comprises of 350,000 people predominantly from the rural community. In addition GSH is the referral hospital for the sugar plantation company hospitals and the private clinics throughout the region. The hospital also oversees the running of 20 rural clinics. The doctors staff a few of these at regular intervals, but nurses primarily run the clinics.

MEDICAL / PARAMEDICAL DEPARTMENTS

DOCTORS

There are currently 7 doctors  working at GSH.
4 of these doctors take part in the on-call rota. On call covers mainly Emergency Medicine, Trauma, and Obstetrics. For more information about the individual doctors working at GSH, please visit the Doctor's Information section.