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Sir Ketumile Masire Teaching Hospital PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

In the 1980s, Botswana government conceptualised and considered to address shortage of healthcare professionals whereupon in 1988, a Presidential Task Force was established to evaluate the need for a teaching hospital.

The team made a recommendation in 1989 for establishment of a teaching hospital. The construction of Botswana University Hospital then commenced in 2010 and the state-of-the-art medical school infrastructure was completed in 2014.

The facility, a quaternary at the apex of healthcare hierarchical system was in 2018 renamed Sir Ketumile Masire Teaching Hospital (SKMTH) and a commissioning manager was appointed for it.

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