{{short description|Zambian public referral hospital}} {{Infobox hospital | name = '''Kitwe Central Hospital''' | org_group = | logo = | logo_size = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | coordinates = {{coord|12|47|52|S|28|12|36.72|E|display=inline, title}} | location = Kitwe, Copperbelt Province, Zambia | address = Kitwe Central Hospital, Copperbelt, Zambia | region = | state = | country = | pushpin_map = Zambia | pushpin_label = Kitwe Central Hospital | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Kitwe | healthcare = <!-- UK: NHS; AU/CA: Medicare; ELSE free-form text, e.g. Private --> | funding = | type = | affiliation = {{Ubl| * University of Zambia }} | patron = | network = | standards = | emergency = Yes | beds = 630 | speciality = | helipad = No | h1-number = | h1-length-f = | h1-length-m = | h1-surface = <!-- up to h12 --> | founded = {{start date and years ago|1958}} | closed = | demolished = | website = | other_links = List of hospitals in Zambia | module = }}
'''Kitwe Central Hospital''', also known as '''Kitwe Teaching Hospital''',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Correspondent |first=Diggers |date=2023-08-08 |title=Heightened security at Kitwe Teaching Hospital elates govt |url=https://diggers.news/local/2023/08/08/heightened-security-at-kitwe-teaching-hospital-elates-govt/ |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=Zambia: News Diggers! |language=en-GB}}</ref> is third level public tertiary referral hospital in Kitwe, Zambia.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Kitwe Teaching Hospital, Zambia - Davis & Shirtliff Group |url=https://www.davisandshirtliff.com/corporate-social-responsibility/104-kitwe-teaching-hospital-zambia |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=www.davisandshirtliff.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Editor |first=Online |date=2023-10-28 |title=Kitwe Central Hospital {{!}} Lusaka Voice |url=https://www.lusakavoice.com/kitwe-central-hospital-3/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Karodia |first1=Anis Mahomed |last2=Pekeur |first2=Shaun |last3=Matindo |first3=Jane |date=2013 |title=An Investigation on Factors Affecting the Retention of Employees at Kitwe Central Hospital ( KCH ) - Zambia |url=https://www.academia.edu/81973150 |journal=Nigerian Chapter of Arabian Journal of Business and Management Review |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=81–109 |doi=10.12816/0011651 |issn=2315-8638}}</ref><ref name=":2">https://www.znbc.co.zm/news/kitwe-central-hospital-state-irks-masebo/</ref> The hospital has 630 beds. The facility was opened in 1958.<ref>https://allafrica.com/stories/201507020375.html</ref> Kitwe Central Hospital (KCH) in the Copperbelt Province is one of four teaching hospitals in Zambia.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2020-08-24 |title=Zambia : It's Unacceptable for Kitwe Central Hospital Management to Allow Rats in Patients Wards-Health Minister |url=https://www.lusakatimes.com/2020/08/24/its-unacceptable-kitwe-central-hospital-management-to-allow-rats-in-patients-wards-health-minister/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
==Location== The hospital is located along Kuomboka Drive at Plot No. 2831 in Parklands in the City of Kitwe in the Copperbelt Province.<ref name=":3" /> It started in 1958 as Llewlyn Hospital, named after Lord Llewelyn, one of the Governors in Northern Rhodesia. It was changed to Kitwe Central Hospital in 1964 following independence. It is the third level referral hospital serving the second largest populated city in Zambia. It has 664 bed capacity and with daily patient traffic of up to 1,300. Kitwe Central Hospital has a length of 2.29 kilometers.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kitwe District Hospital – Built To Care Zambia |url=https://zambia.builttocare.com/kitwe-district-hospital/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |language=en-GB}}</ref> The facility has approximately 500 medical and trained administrative personnel. The hospital serves as a Provincial hospital with 3rd level services in Kitwe District.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last1=Kasungu |first1=Chiza |last2=Nyirenda |first2=Herbert Tato |date=2019 |title=Correlates of Cervical Cancer among Screened Women at Kitwe Central Hospital |url=https://www.ajol.info/index.php/mjz/article/view/193887 |journal=Medical Journal of Zambia |language=en |volume=46 |issue=4 |issn=0047-651X}}</ref>
==Overview== As with all public hospitals, it serves as the main referral hospital for Kitwe District. It also provides health services to the local community.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" />
==See also== * List of hospitals in Zambia
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