· HRC is one of Mozambique’s largest rural district hospitals and serves a surrounding population of 61666. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chokwe,_Mozambique)
· HRC treats the district of Chokwe, but also the North Zone, namely Guija, Mabalane, Massingir, Chicualacuala, Massangea and Chigubo.
· HRC is divided into four main sections: maternity, surgery, medicine, and paediatrics. HRC provides services in emergency care, radiology, physical therapy, dentistry, ophthalmology, orthopaedics and psychiatry. It contains a blood bank, a laboratory and a pharmacy.