Harare Central Hospital Explained
Sally Mugabe Central Hospital also known as Harare Central Hospital/Gomo Hospital is the second largest public hospital in Zimbabwe after Parirenyatwa Hospital.[1] The hospital is the main referral center for patients and casualties from the Northern half of Zimbabwe and is also the main services hospital for greater Harare residents.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Harare Hospital was officially opened on 2 May 1958 by the then Governor General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Lord Dalhousie.
The hospital has been the main teaching hospital for the University of Zimbabwe's Faculty of Medicine's practical lectures since 1966 and has full accreditation by the College of Surgeons for East-Central and Southern Africa status for the training of surgeons. The hospital is also a training hospital for nurses, theatre nurses, pediatric nurses, midwives, radiographers,laboratory technicians and pharmacy technicians.[7] [8] [9] [10]
Main wards
- General ward
- Martenity ward/Harare Maternity Hospital/Pediatric Health Care facility[11] [12]
- Children's Ward/Harare Children's Hospital[13]
- Psychiatric ward/Harare Central Psychiatric Unit[14]
Notes and References
- Web site: Ministry of Health and Child Care - Central Hospitals.
- News: Coronavirus: Seven Zimbabwe babies stillborn in one night at hospital. BBC News. 29 July 2020.
- Web site: National Microbiology Reference Laboratory, Harare Central Hospital (NMRL) (Zimbabwe) | GHDX.
- Web site: Harare Hospital not closed.
- Web site: CBZ Holdings extends helping hand to Harare Hospital. 2 November 2015.
- News: The death throes of Harare's hospitals. 7 November 2008.
- Chisadza. E. Maponga. Cc. Nazerali. H. 1995. User fees and drug pricing policies: a study at Harare Central Hospital, Zimbabwe. Health Policy and Planning. en. 10. 3. 319–326. 10.1093/heapol/10.3.319. 10151850. 0268-1080.
- A Survey of the Forms of Tuberculosis Encountered at Harare Hospital, Rhodesia, 1967—1969. April 1973. Gelfand. M.. Taube. E.. Wolhuter. A.. The Central African Journal of Medicine . 19 . 4 . 65–74 . 4705168 .
- Web site: Facilities – Biomedical Research and Training Institute.
- Web site: Spilhaus Clinical Research Site | UZ-CTRC.
- Web site: Harare Maternity Hospital – Zimbabwe Network for Health – Europe.
- News: Seven babies stillborn in one night at Zimbabwe hospital as health system crumbles. The Telegraph. 29 July 2020. Thornycroft. Peta. Brown. Will.
- Web site: Japan to provide medical and hospital equipment worth US$ 2.7 million for Harare Children's Hospital - Zimbabwe. ReliefWeb.
- Web site: MSF Refurbishes Harare Central Hospital's Psychiatric Unit. 8 December 2017.
