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St. Francis Hospital belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mahenge and has fulfilled so far – according to a contract with the government – the assignment of a Designated District Hospital.

It was responsible for the medical care of Kilombero and Ulanga Districts, in other words, for about 600.000 people living in an area approximately as large as Switzerland.

On 28/06/2010 the Minister of Health, Prof. David Mwakyusa, appointed St. Francis Hospital as Referral Hospital.

Now it is one of 9 Referral Hospitals in Tanzania.