S/No

  

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS

  

POPULATION

  

GEN./COTTAGE HOSPITALS

  

PRIVATE HOSPITALS

 PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES  

PRIVATE CLINICS/DISPENSARIES

  

PHARMACY STORES

  

PATENT MEDICINE STORES

 HERBALIST HOMES
1 SHENDAM 302,264 1 4 56 37 3 48 18
2 MIKANG 97,411 1 0 36 7 0 9 1
3 QUAN PAN 257,051 1 1 63 50 1 96 12
4 LANGTANG NORTH 201,183 1 2 60 38 5 27 2
5 LANGTANG SOUTH 154,362 0 1 45 13 1 25 5
6 WASE 229,985 1 – 59 14 1 67 2
TOTAL   1,242,526 5 8 319 159 11 272 40

Research by Dr Robert I. Ati as part of Dissertation for PhD (Healthcare Management) of Commonwealth Open University.

Shendam local government with the highest population has 5 hospitals, but Wase local government with about two-thirds the population of Shendam has only one hospital. Langtang South with a population of 154,362 has no government hospital.