Iringa Regional Hospital is a public health facility fully owned by the government of Tanzania. It is under the Ministry of Regional Administration and Local Governments in the Prime ministers’ Office and is directly governed by the Regional Administrative Secretary.
The hospital serves as a referral centre for the councils of Iringa district, Mufindi,Njombe, Makete, Kilolo. It is the main hospital for Iringa Minicipal Council.
The Hospital operations are managed by the Hospital management team comprising of heads of its departments. The medical officer in charge is the chairperson of the HMT.
The hospital also has sub committees
- Hospital Therapeutic committee,
- Infection Prevention and Control committee
- The Emergency Preparedness and Response Team
- Maternal Audit Committee
- Hospital Discipline Committee
Public Private relations
Iringa regional hospital has many partners in health provision who have contributed much in improving health services provision at the hospital. Among these partners are: CUAMM - Improve infrastructure, VICENZA Hospital – Infrastructure equipment and training of staff, USAID – Care and Treatment Programme, AMMREF – Flying doctors
Relationship with other sectors, programme and project
The hospital involved in several programme on going, E.g. TB/HIV programme, DCT programme, VCT programme and PMTCT programme. These programme improved health services at the hospital in terms of finance, knowledge, drugs and supplies.
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