St. Luke's Hospital

st. luke hospital and college of nursing and midwifery are situated in wolisso town, the capital of the southwest shoa zone, oromia regional state. the hospital and college are owned by the ethiopian catholic church. in january 2014 the fourth 5-year project agreement was signed by the oromia bureau of finance and economic development (bofed), the oromia regional health bureau(orhb), the ethiopian catholic church social and development commission (ecc / sadco), and doctors with africa cuamm (dwa cuamm). there are two government hospitals near wolisso, one in tulu bolo, at 35 km distance, and one in ambo (west shoa zone) at 65 km from wolisso. attat hospital in the gurage zone (southern people’s region) is at 60 km from wolisso. in wolisso town there are two government health centers and several private clinics. the hospital began its services on january 1st, 2001 with 80 beds. there are now 200 beds in use for medical (38, including tb), surgical (23), pediatric (65), neonatal unit (