1955.........Dr. Karl Schoepf, surgeon from Zams in Tyrol, began to build a modern hospital in the small town of Ifakara – at that time inhabited by 3000 people – in the Kilombero valley in the former English colony of Tanganyika.
1955 Daktari wa upasuaji Karl Schöpf kutoka Zams Tyrol alianza kujenga hospitali ya kisasa katika mji mdogo wa Ifakara uliopo katika bonde la mto Kilombero, uliokuwa na jumla ya wakazi 3000 wakati huo, katika Tanganyika, koloni la zamani la kiingereza.