About AKH-Dar

The Aga Khan Hospital, Dar es Salaam (AKH-Dar) is part of the Aga Khan Health Services (AKHS). Established in 1964, the Hospital is an 80-bed long-term care facility staffed by 25 full-time consultants and 103 nurses offering quality health care to Tanzanians. The Hospital provides general medical services, specialist clinics and state of the art diagnostic services. The Hospital has grown in recent years, expanding its services and upgrading its facilities. The expansion programme has emphasised the introduction of new diagnostic services, which will improve the function of the hospital as a referral centre. High-quality, high-technology laboratory medicine and radiology services have enhanced the capability of AKH-Dar to provide referral services in Tanzania. The Hospital is also part of the AKHS international referral system, with links to the Aga Khan Hospital, Nairobi and the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi. Hospital facilities include: • Medical and surgical ward of 28 beds with two VIP rooms and two isolation rooms to avoid risks of infectious diseases; • Paediatric ward of 28 beds with two VIP rooms, two isolation rooms and a children’s play room with specially trained paediatric nurses; • Maternity ward of 14 beds with one VIP room, three delivery rooms, a neo-natal special care unit with three incubators, a neo-natal ventilator and a nursery for newly born babies, staffed by specially trained nurses and midwives; • Intensive care unit of 4 beds. Each ward is led by a full-time consultants, supported by resident medical officers (junior doctors) and qualified nurses. Patient rooms are of very high quality. All the rooms in the Medical-Surgical and Paediatric wards include: air conditioning, nurse call system, cardiac arrest alarm system, piped oxygen, refrigerator, television and telephone.