The hospital was founded in 1898, as a clinic, staffed one nurse, who cared for sick missionaries and their families. Over the next five years the hospital expanded enough so that it could accommodate 305 patients per month.
By 2014, the bed capacity had increased to 50 and although there was no doctor, there were five capable clinical officers and a team of nurses and patient assistants, who kept the hospital in motion. The hospital runs a daily antiretroviral clinic, as well as regular antenatal, family planning, and vaccination clinics. The operating room is used for caesarean sections, female sterilizations, hernia repairs, and incision and drainage operations.
As of November 2018, the hospital had grown to 100 in-patient beds. There is currently a Medical Officer at this who heads the clinical department the name of Dr. Emily Mwakalinga and is assisted a graduate in Obstetrics and gynaecology Mr. Kingsley Munthali.