
This hospital is classified as a category C hospital (Registration code: 7318010) with 209 beds. The hospital is situated on Jalan Ahmad Yani no. 68, Kec. Rantepao, Kabupaten Toraja Utara (Sulawesi Selatan).
The hospital has a staff of some 175 persons, of whom 36 medical doctors and 110 nurses.
The website of the hospital is: http://www.rselimrantepao.com
From this website we copied a few statements on its history (Google translated and abbreviated):
Elim Rantepao Hospital is the oldest hospital in Tana Toraja and North Toraja which is located at Jl. Ahmad Yani no. 68 Rantepao, North Toraja-South Sulawesi. Has been actively serving since its establishment in 1929 by the Dutch government (Zelf Bestuur Luwu'), all services are entrusted to Gereformeerde Zendingsbond. On October 10, 1935, Assistant Resident of Luwu' on behalf of De Gouverneur handed over the property rights to Elim Rantepao Hospital to Gereformeerde Zendingsbond by paying a price of 8,182.25 gulden to the government. During the Japanese occupation, Elim Rantepao Hospital was taken over by the Japanese. After World War II Japan surrendered, then Elim Rantepao Hospital returned to its owner Gereformeerde Zendingsbond (GZB). Then the Toraja Church was established in 1947, and GZB handed over all of its assets to the Toraja Church including ownership and management of Elim Rantepao Hospital. The local government had taken over the Elim Rantepao Hospital for the benefit of the division process for the Tana Toraja district, as a fulfillment of one of the conditions for forming a district. Since being managed by the Regional Government, several rooms have been built including Laboratory rooms, Midwifery Treatment rooms, Radiology rooms, and Operation Rooms. After 27 years, on February 25 1991, Elim Rantepao Hospital was returned to the Toraja Church. Hospital operations are carried out based on the Letter of Operation Permit Letter for Type C Hospital with Number 01/SK/IOP-RS/DPMPTSP/VI/2021 and has participated in accreditation in 2019 with Main Level results by KARS.