Mahosot Hospital | |
Coordinates: | 17.9599°N 102.6121°W |
Location: | Vientiane |
Country: | Laos |
Opened: | 1903 |
Mahosot Hospital is a hospital on Quai Fa Ngum, Vientiane, Laos. It was established in 1903.[1] [2]
The hospital specializes diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases and also serves as an important medical research and training centre. The country has a relatively low life expectancy at just 68 years, and diseases such as typhus, typhoid, malaria and bacteraemia are important.
Since 2000 the hospital has included the Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit. This is funded by the Wellcome Trust in collaboration with the University of Oxford. The Infectious Diseases Centre in the hospital consists of two floors: a patient ward on the ground floor with rooms varying on degree of isolation, a laboratory and research area and offices and conference rooms on the upper floor.