The care the region flies out for, built in Gaborone.
TEMCO is planned as a hospital for the whole of southern Africa, holding the full range of care a major hospital provides and, above that, the complex and rare work that still sends families out of the region altogether. Maternity and newborn intensive care, children's surgery, fertility for women and for men, cancer care and heart care are all on one campus, ninety minutes' flight from most of the region.
Two flows of patients, drawn in and kept home
A hospital's catchment is usually the city it stands in. TEMCO is planned around a catchment the size of southern Africa, and the larger of its two patient flows is the one that arrives by air.
The region arrives, and Botswana earns foreign exchange
The primary flow runs inbound. Regional and international patients fly into Gaborone for treatment and pay in foreign currency, which makes the hospital a health export for Botswana in the same sense as tourism or minerals, sited at the airport centre of southern Africa. Every patient who lands here instead of flying past is money coming into the country.
Batswana, cared for at home
The second flow runs the other way. Families who now travel abroad, carrying the cost of flights and time away on top of the illness itself, find the same care on a campus they can reach by road. TEMCO keeps those complex cases at home and widens specialist access for Batswana, public-referral and medical-aid alike.
Women's Health
No woman should have to leave her country to be treated well, and few decisions cost a family more than that one.
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Children's Health
Children are not small adults, and the units that treat them are built differently.
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Fertility and Reproductive Medicine
Infertility is a shared condition and it is investigated in both partners.
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Advanced Oncology
We are building the regional reference point for cancer care.
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Cardiovascular Institute
We are the regional home for the heart procedures patients still fly abroad for.
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Robotic and Neurosurgery
We are home to the first robotic-assisted surgical platform in Botswana.
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Trauma, Orthopaedics and Dialysis
We add capacity where demand is growing fastest.
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The ceiling we raise
Specialist care already exists in Botswana, and TEMCO starts there before going a tier higher. Select a discipline to see the capability available in-country today and the next tier TEMCO adds.
Available in-country today
- Radiation oncology established in-country
- Complex cases that currently travel abroad
The tier we add
- Two-linac redundancy with next-generation IMRT/VMAT/SBRT/SRS
- Surgical, medical and radiation oncology integrated under one roof
A qualitative comparison of clinical capability. Every TEMCO service is planned and opening in 2029, delivered by clinicians registered with the Botswana Health Professions Council.
The full ceiling we raise
Discipline by discipline, these are the next-tier capabilities TEMCO plans to lift above the standard of care available in Botswana today, across oncology, cardiac, surgical and recovery medicine, and together they are what make the campus worth a flight from anywhere in the region.
Two-linac radiation oncology
Two linear accelerators for redundancy and throughput, with next-generation IMRT, VMAT, SBRT and SRS planning.
HDR brachytherapy
High-dose-rate internal radiotherapy alongside the external-beam suite, broadening the curative options available for gynaecological cancers of the cervix and ovaries, and for other cancers.
Structural-heart intervention
Transcatheter procedures, including TAVR, MitraClip and LAA closure, bringing complex structural-heart care within reach in-country.
Complex electrophysiology
Catheter ablation guided by 3D electroanatomical mapping for complex arrhythmias, a tier beyond existing in-country cardiac provision.
Hybrid cardiac theatre
A combined operating theatre and catheterisation suite, so surgical and interventional teams can treat the heart together in one room.
First robotic surgical platform in Botswana
A Da Vinci-class robotic-assisted platform, the first in Botswana, bringing minimally invasive precision to complex surgery.
Complex & neuro-oncology neurosurgery
Complex, neuro-oncology and neuro-interventional capacity with intraoperative imaging and navigation, for the cases that currently leave the region.
PET/CT & nuclear medicine
PET/CT imaging, nuclear medicine and theragnostics for precise cancer staging and targeted therapy planning.
Advanced IVF & embryology
A fertility and embryology service that assesses and treats both partners, held to the hospital's clinical standard, and a recognised reason for regional patients to travel.
High-throughput day-surgery
Scheduled, efficient short-stay procedures that let many patients arrive, be treated and return home the same day.
Rehabilitation & recovery medicine
Dedicated rehabilitation, physiotherapy and post-surgical recovery programmes that support the full arc of treatment.
JCI accreditation pathway
Designed to the Joint Commission International standard from day one, so the systems an accreditor inspects are built into the hospital before it opens.
Integrated multidisciplinary model
Surgical, medical and diagnostic teams working from a shared plan under one roof, so complex cases are decided together.
Single-patient-room design
Single-patient rooms built for infection prevention, privacy and dignified recovery, drawn into the architecture from the first sketch.
Dialysis at scale
A roughly 40-station dialysis unit anchored to the airport, expanding dialysis and renal-replacement capacity against fast-growing demand.
All planned · Opening 2029
Beyond the flagship centres
The tertiary cores anchor the hospital, and the scope around them runs a good deal wider. A broad band of planned specialist services holds the everyday and the elective alongside the complex, so a family arriving from anywhere in the region finds what it needs at one address.
Day-Surgery
Planned day-surgery and short-stay procedures, scheduled so that many patients arrive, are treated and return home the same day.
Planned · Opening 2029Cosmetic and Aesthetic Surgery
Planned aesthetic and reconstructive surgery held to the hospital's clinical standard: body contouring and abdominoplasty, breast surgery both cosmetic and reconstructive, gluteal augmentation, rhinoplasty and facial surgery, and non-surgical facial treatment. It is one of the clearest reasons patients already fly out of the region, and here it sits on a campus with theatres, anaesthesia and recovery accommodation around it.
Planned · Opening 2029Broader Specialist Medicine
A widening band of planned specialist medicine and diagnostics that complements the tertiary cores and deepens what the region can find in one place.
Planned · Opening 2029Supporting Services
The clinical services that run underneath every centre of care, around the clock, and that a hospital of this size stands on.
Accident and Emergency
A fully equipped A&E department serving the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport precinct and greater Gaborone, with triage, resuscitation and stabilisation capabilities.
Opening 2029Outpatient Consultations
Specialist outpatient clinics across our specialised Centres of Excellence, offering consultations, diagnostics and follow-up care without hospital admission.
Opening 2029Pharmacy
In-hospital dispensary providing prescribed medications, with integration into TEMCO’s clinical information system for medication safety and inventory management.
Opening 2029Operating Theatres
Multiple operating theatres supporting surgical services across oncology, cardiovascular, robotic, neurosurgery and orthopaedic bone-and-joint disciplines.
Opening 2029JCI Accreditation Pathway
We are designing to the Joint Commission International standard, the recognised global benchmark for healthcare quality and patient safety. The accreditation pathway is built into the clinical design from day one instead of being retrofitted after opening, so medication-safety systems, infection prevention and control, surgical safety checklists and mortality-and-morbidity review are part of the architecture. That standard is also what a patient three countries away, an insurer and a referring doctor can all read without needing to know anything else about us.
Clinical Operations Partner
A regional clinical operations partner anchors TEMCO's protocols, specialist staffing pipelines and training integration, so the standard of care is set on the international pathway from the first day of operations.
Clinical Enquiries
For questions about TEMCO's planned clinical services, specialist referral pathways from anywhere in the region, or partnership opportunities, contact our clinical team.
The information provided on this page is for general informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the advice of a qualified healthcare provider. All services listed are planned and subject to regulatory approval. TEMCO Specialised General Hospital is expected to commence operations in 2029.