Gurage Zone
Attat Hospital
Attat, near Wolkite, Gurage Zone
Attat is the referral hospital serving the Gurage Zone and the largest facility in the network, with a catchment population of more than 135,000 people.
Nurses and midwives from the smaller health centres travel here for structured clinical training, and the most complex maternal and newborn cases are referred here.
- Role
- Referral hospital and training partner
- Catchment (2025)
- 135,000+ people
- Patients treated (2025)
- 73,000+ outpatient visits
The work at Attat Hospital
- Referral care for the whole network: complicated deliveries, newborn emergencies and cases beyond the reach of a village health centre.
- 73,000+ outpatient visits in 2025, serving a catchment population of 135,000+ people — the largest facility Engera supports.
- Engera-funded clinical training courses for nurses and midwives from the supported health centres, including neonatal resuscitation.
- Scholarships and continuing professional development for staff who then return to their own facilities.
Catchment population and patient figures are FY2025, from the Ethiopian Catholic Church Social and Development Commission plan and achievement data for the eight facilities Engera supports.
Location
in Africa
Attat Hospital
73,000+ outpatient visits
The referral hospital for the region, and where staff from across the network train.
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Other facilities
- Burat Health CentreLong-supported centre recently renovated, with solar panels installed.
- Zizencho Health CentreBuilt in 2008 in a village with no road; now treats more than 30,000 patients a year.
- Gura Megenasse Health CentreOne of the region's first clinics, founded by CUAMM just over 7km from Endibir.