Selian Lutheran Hospital - Arusha, Tanzania

Seliani – a work of God and God’s faithful servants. Today is the 25th Jubilee of Selian Lutheran Hospital. We celebrate God’s blessings and faithfulness throughout these twenty-five years and also many more before that. The story of God building this wonderful hospital is filled with faithful and generous servants from within and outside of Tanzania.

Selian Dispensary was started as part of the Arusha ministries of what is now the Northern Diocese of the ELCT headquartered in Moshi. Construction began in 1952 and the first small dispensary (which is now the office of the Doctor in Charge) was opened in 1954. Sometime later, an Maternal and Child Health building was added (the current Private Ward).

Services provided were those typical of the day. Mother and Child  

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clinics, routine outpatient visits for the common illness of the day, which were mostly malaria, pneumonia, diarrhea, and sexually transmitted infections