Arusha Lutheran Medical Centre

The Arusha Lutheran Medical Centre (ALMC) is Arusha’s newest and only full-service hospital. Located in the center of downtown Arusha, ALMC offers general and specialty care in many areas. This website is designed to give an overview of the hospital, it’s staff and services. Roll your cursor over the map to see a second map with local features.

Our staff is fully dedicated to your well-being during your outpatient visit or hospital stay. If there is something we can do to improve your visit, please let us know.

If you wish to see one of our consultants, please make an appointment in advance.
If you would like to view information about selected health topics, the UpToDate physicians information program for patients may be accessed through the search box on the left.

Arusha Lutheran Medical Centre is located in central Arusha near the Golden Rose Hotel and the Arusha Town Clinic. To see a map of our location in town, roll your cursor over the map above.

ALMC MISSION and PATIENT RIGHTS

The mission of Arusha Lutheran Medical Centre is to serve,
treat, and minister to the whole person;
in body, mind, and spirit.

ALMC promotes strives toward this mission by providing
competent and compassionate medical care, by promoting
health development in the community, and by proclaiming
the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Our pledge to our patients: your care and comfort is our number
one priority. To that end, our staff developed and stands by the
following patient rights:

That You Will

1. Receive courteous, respectful and appropriate treatment
2. Know the name of the doctor responsible for your care
3. Have clear information provided to you about your
   diagnosis and treatment
4. Have pain assessed and appropriately treated
5. Have privacy and respect for your individuality
6. Have your questions answered promptly
7. Have your hospital information kept confidential
8. Have your billing adequately explained to you
9. Receive spiritual care as part of your holistic care

Medical Students

Thank you for your interest in the Arusha Lutheran Medical Centre. We are delighted to have medical students consider volunteering at our facility. Except by special arrangement with Dr. Jacobson, we accept medical students only for periods of two months or longer. Should you decide to participate, we will offer you an experience in which you will be exposed to:

1) Tanzania and the Swahili language
2) clinical tropical medicine, clinical parasitology and AIDS
3) primary health care in a third world country
4) the practice of your medical or surgical specialty
the rewards of medical missionary work

If this sounds like the kind of program which interests you, you can request more information or apply to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania – North Central Diocese by emailing Dr. Mark Jacobson ALMC Director and Physician-in-Chief. If you wish to apply, please consider addressing the following points in your email:

1) why you desire to participate in our program
2) what you feel you can contribute to our work
3) share with us your own faith and how you think you would fit into a Christian medical setting
4) any experiences or studies that have helped prepare you for volunteering in Africa
5) a statement of approval of the ALMC rotation from your medical school
6) a resume
7) Your plan to read about Africa and study tropical medicine under the supervision a faculty member of your program prior to coming to Arusha
8) A photocopy of the first pages of your passport