Marangu Lutheran Hospital belongs to the Northern Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran church of Tanzania. It has an official bed capacity of 45 although it was constructed for 80 beds. It serves a catchment population of 200,000. This Hospital supervises five dispensaries at various directions at distances varying from 15-45 km from the hospital. The hospital is dependent on patient fees for its operating budget and as many other similar hospital in the present market situation is not run to its full capacity.
The hospital has 3 doctors, the dr in Charge is a Pediatrician. There are also 4 clinical officers, an assistant dental officer, 15 nurses and 27 other staff members.
More information you can get from the Annual Report.