St. Joseph’s Hospital also known as Roma Hospital was established in 1937 as the Roman Catholic privately- owned health facility situated in the Roma valley, located 37km from Maseru, the capital city of Lesotho. The Roma Hospital is one of the eighteen (18) hospitals forming the Lesotho Health Service System; it is a member of Christian Health Association of Lesotho (CHAL) which comprises six Christian church denominations. The Hospital is responsible for a health service area covering a large part of the lowlands, foothills and mountains of Maseru District. The Hospital is the hub of the Roma health network that, besides the hospital comprises five (6) health centres, namely Fatima at Ha Ramabanta 30km away from Roma; St. Benedict Ha Khanyetsi; a 40km stretch from Roma; St. Bernard at Likatseng situated 30km away from St. Joseph’s Hospital the latter two with gravel road; Nazareth a distance of about 11km south of Roma Hospital.