Masanga Hospital
| Masanga Hospital | |
|---|---|
 The Emergency Admissions Unit at Masanga Hospital | |
  The location of Masanga Hospital in Sierra Leone, West Africa | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Masanga, Tonkolili District, Northern Province, Sierra Leone |
| Coordinates | 8°44′57″N 11°50′14″W / 8.749249°N 11.837149°W |
| Organisation | |
| Funding | Non-profit hospital |
| Type | District |
| Affiliated university | University of Plymouth |
| Patron | MasangaDK, MasangaUK |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 100 |
| Helipad | Yes |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.masangahospital.org |
Masanga Hospital or Masanga Leprosy Hospital is an NGO-supported government hospital that provides healthcare in paediatrics, maternity, general medicine and surgery. It is located in Tonkolili district, Northern Province, Sierra Leone, West Africa.[1] The hospital was ransacked and used as a rebel stronghold during the Sierra Leone Civil War, but having reopened in 2006 it is now a functioning rural hospital once more. The hospital is run by a partnership between several European charitable organisations: Masanga UK,[2] Sierra Leonean Adventists Abroad (SLAA),[1] Masanga Netherlands and Masanga Denmark .[3] Though in the long-term the hospital aims to be fully government-funded, presently it currently subsists on charitable donations. Free healthcare is offered to under-fives and pregnant women, and also to locals of limited means.
Education
Masanga Hospital is involved in capacity-building by serving as the primary rotation centre for the Surgical training programme of CapaCare and by collaborating closely with the Tonkolili District College of Health Sciences.
See also
References
- ^ a b Sierra Leonean Adventists Abroad '[1]'
- ^ Masanga UK '[2]'
- ^ Associated Friends of Masanga '"Masanga Leprosy Hospital". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2011-07-09.'