Mrs. Nermeen Labib
Out-Patient Department Manager

With over 10 years of experience in hospital settings, Mrs. Labib  specializes in outpatient services and customer care. Her  focus is on ensuring that every patient receives the highest quality of care and service throughout their healthcare journey.

Mrs. Marie Claire Makuza, American
Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Coordinator

Marie-Claire Makuza is Medland Hospital’s Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Coordinator. Her mission as UHC Coordinator is twofold: to raise awareness in the local community so that healthcare is widely available to people of all socioeconomic statuses, and to inspire other public and private hospitals to do the same. Marie Claire has been named African Global Health (AGH) Ambassador in Zambia as well the national and international spokesperson for Medland Hospital.

Marie-Claire Makuza previously oversaw more than a hundred medical professionals as head of the Nursing Department at Medland Hospital. She ably presided over this division of the Hospital both in its infancy and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Before moving to Zambia, Marie-Claire spent over ten years working as a Senior Nurse at a hospital in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. In 2008, she earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona and in 1992, she received her Canadian BA from the University of Ottawa

Marie-Claire, originally from Rwanda, spent six years in Canada before moving to the United States.

Mrs. Marina Smit
Nursing Director

Mrs. Marina Smith is Medland’s very energetic Nursing Director, a post that she has held for three years. She has been with Medland since before the hospital opened its doors and prior to her current role, was Head of Maternity.

Mrs. Smith has more than 40 years of nursing and midwifery experience, gained in public and private sector institutions in South Africa, Ghana and Zambia. In the Netherlands, she was a partner in a private midwifery practice for more than 10 years, and helped set up a multidisciplinary medical facility.

She is passionate about ensuring quality of nursing care, which she ensures by guiding and coaching the nursing team, always encouraging them to improve and excel.