Princess Marina is the largest referral hospital in Botswana with just over 500 beds. It is a well-equipped hospital but like the rest of the country it suffers from a severe shortage of trained healthcare staff.

What particularly attracted us to the Princess Marina is that the University of Botswana is opening the country’s first and only medical school in 2009, with Princess Marina as its main teaching hospital.

The link with Addenbrooke’s aims: To develop human resource (medical) in PMH To help retain trained healthcare personnel To improve the quality of healthcare including eye care in the country To open up health care in PMH to global scrutiny