Madina Hospital Explained
Madina Hospital |
Location: | Wadajir District |
Region: | Benadir |
Country: | Somalia |
Healthcare: | Public Hospital |
Beds: | 400 |
Speciality: | Regional Trauma Specialist |
Opened: | May 25, 1968 |
Website: | https://madinahospital.so/ |
Madina Hospital (also known as Medina Hospital) is one of the two major hospitals in Mogadishu, Somalia.[1]
Medina Hospital (MH) is a dedicated medical facility that handles emergencies in Mogadishu. It focuses on trauma and emergency maternal medicine, treating several hundred war-wounded patients and expectant mothers every month. Emergency cases include among other incidents such as traffic accidents, falls from heights, explosions, weapon wounds, sharp objects injuries, person to person fights, among many others.
Further reading
- News: 'If I was sane I would have fled' . Al Jazeera . 28 June 2011 . en.
- Elmi . Abdi Mohamed . Hassan . Mohamed Yusuf . Baldan . Marco . Abdominal war wounds with large bowel involvement: The Medina Hospital experience . East and Central African Journal of Surgery . 2003 . 8 . 1 . 10.4314/ecajs.v8i1 . 31 January 2024 . 31 March 2021 . 2073-9990 . African Journals Online . en.
- News: Liohn . André . In pictures: Inside the Medina Hospital in Somalia . 31 March 2021 . BBC News . International Committee of the Red Cross . 1 April 2011 . en.
- Web site: Liohn . André . Reference: V-P-SO-E-00505 . ICRC Audiovisual Archives . 31 March 2021 . en.
- Omar . Mohamed Mohamud . Sönmez . Recep Erçin . Hassan . Mohamed Yusuf . Alimoğlu . Orhan . Prevalence of war victims ın Madına Hospıtal Mogadıshu Somalıa . Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science . 10 March 2020 . 19 . 3 . 401–403 . 10.3329/bjms.v19i3.45855 . Ibn Sina Medical College . 216243946 . 2223-4721 . . en. free .
- News: Sheegow . Bella . Somalia's lack of blood . 31 March 2021 . BBC News and World Service . Africa Life Clinic . 2 March 2021 . Audio . en.
Notes and References
- News: Gogineni . Roopa . In Mogadishu, Nothing Is Simple . 31 March 2021 . United Nations Population Fund . 5 January 2012 . en.