Madina Hospital (also known as Medina Hospital) is one of the two major hospitals in Mogadishu, Somalia.[1]
| Madina Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Location | Wadajir District, Benadir, Somalia |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public Hospital |
| Services | |
| Beds | 400 |
| History | |
| Opened | May 25, 1968 |
| Links | |
| Website | https://madinahospital.so/ |
| Lists | Hospitals in Somalia |
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.
References edit
- ^ Gogineni, Roopa (5 January 2012). "In Mogadishu, Nothing Is Simple". United Nations Population Fund. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
Further reading edit
- "'If I was sane I would have fled'". Al Jazeera. 28 June 2011.
- Elmi, Abdi Mohamed; Hassan, Mohamed Yusuf; Baldan, Marco (2003). "Abdominal war wounds with large bowel involvement: The Medina Hospital experience". East and Central African Journal of Surgery. 8 (1). doi:10.4314/ecajs.v8i1 (inactive 31 January 2024). ISSN 2073-9990. Retrieved 31 March 2021 – via African Journals Online.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link) - Liohn, André (1 April 2011). "In pictures: Inside the Medina Hospital in Somalia". BBC News. International Committee of the Red Cross. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- Liohn, André. "Reference: V-P-SO-E-00505". ICRC Audiovisual Archives. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- Omar, Mohamed Mohamud; Sönmez, Recep Erçin; Hassan, Mohamed Yusuf; Alimoğlu, Orhan (10 March 2020). "Prevalence of war victims ın Madına Hospıtal Mogadıshu Somalıa". Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science. 19 (3). Ibn Sina Medical College: 401–403. doi:10.3329/bjms.v19i3.45855. ISSN 2223-4721. S2CID 216243946. EBSCOhost 142487721.
- Sheegow, Bella (2 March 2021). "Somalia's lack of blood" (Audio). BBC News and World Service. Africa Life Clinic. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
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