St. Joseph Hospital,
Peramiho A Brief History, Part II
Hospital Part I
Leprosarium
St. Anna Health Center
1980-2000
These years see the erection of new buildings, expansion,
renovation, increase in patient numbers, and improvement in health care methods initiated and guided by Brother Dr. Ansgar Stuefe, OSB. The
hospital has a capacity of 420 beds. The Nurses' and midwives' Training
School with 120 students offers a four-year course for training as
laboratory attendants and has ten study places.
The Leprosarium at Morogoro is still under the care
of the sisters and is associated with Peramiho Hospital. Due to improved
medical treatment and better medicines many lepers can be healed, and the
number of new leprosy cases decreased. However, due to Aids, the
children's home associated with the leprosarium becomes home for more than
150 orphans starting with toddlers and caring for them through their
school years.
Dr. Ansgar
Stuefe, OSB, is entrusted to another field of responsibility in his
religious congregation of Missionary Benedictine Fathers, and leaves Peramiho.
