Work at new Maseru hospital begins MASERU-WORK to build a new Maseru District Hospital at the site where the old Queen Elizabeth II Hospital was built officially began yesterday. The new hospital will be built at a cost of M800 million by a Chinese firm Shanghai Construction Company. Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro told the nation at the launch that the Maseru District Hospital and Eye Clinic will open its doors for patients in 2023. Majoro said the hospital will operate like a national referral hospital by accepting other patients from Queen ’Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH). “Its existence will reduce overcrowding at QMMH,” Majoro said.