McCord's Hospital, originally McCord Zulu Hospital, is a hospital in Durban, South Africa.

Exterior and interior views of the Hospital, before 1935
Founders James Bennett McCord and Margaret Mellen McCord, before 1935

It was founded "for the Zulu", by American Christian missionaries, physician Dr. James Bennett McCord and Margaret Mellen McCord, in 1909.[1]

McCord Hospital's Sinikithemba HIV clinic was a President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief site in South Africa that treated provided antiretrovirals to both adults and children.[2][3]

References edit

  1. ^ Parle, Julie. The People's Hospital: A History of McCords, Durban, 1890s-1970s. Natal Society Foundation. ISBN 978-1-991225-69-6.
  2. ^ https://www.aidshealth.org/2013/03/south-africa-aids-advocacy-march-to-protest-pepfar-cuts-mar-15-12h00-durban/
  3. ^ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-01-23-cutting-the-mccord-durbans-hospital-finally-loses-the-battle/