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In 1975, the hospital was nationalised by the Mozambique government however, the United Methodist Church continued to play a role in the management and provides for gaps in the government service.<ref name="House">{{cite web |last1=House |first1=Christie R. |title=MEETING HEALTH NEEDS IN MOZAMBIQUE |url=https://umcabundanthealth.org/meeting-health-needs-in-mozambique/ |website=Abundant Health |publisher=The United Methodist Church |accessdate=19 July 2020 |date=20 February 2019}}</ref> |
In 1975, the hospital was nationalised by the Mozambique government however, the United Methodist Church continued to play a role in the management and provides for gaps in the government service.<ref name="House">{{cite web |last1=House |first1=Christie R. |title=MEETING HEALTH NEEDS IN MOZAMBIQUE |url=https://umcabundanthealth.org/meeting-health-needs-in-mozambique/ |website=Abundant Health |publisher=The United Methodist Church |accessdate=19 July 2020 |date=20 February 2019}}</ref> |
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The Chicuque Rural Hospital is the 2nd largest hospital in Inhambane Province with 135 beds at it's main site.<ref name=House/><ref>{{cite news |title=“I was ashamed to say what I had and how I felt…” |url=https://namati.org/news-stories/ashamed-patient-health-privacy/ |accessdate=19 July 2020 |work=NAMATI |date=5 March 2019}}</ref> A number of other clinics in the area offer services to the community and transfer patients to Chicuque if required. Alongside it's outpatient service, the hospital performs surgical procedures, inpatient care, maternity and paediatric treatments.<ref name=House/> |
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*In 1995, the hospital was given funding as part of the Community Development and Health Project to improve the overall health of Mozambicans.<ref name="Ferrell">{{cite journal |last1=Ferrell |first1=BJ |title=Community development and health project: a 5-year (1995-1999) experience in Mozambique, Africa. |journal=International nursing review |date=March 2002 |volume=49 |issue=1 |pages=27-37 |doi=10.1046/j.1466-7657.2002.00099.x |pmid=11930954 |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11930954/ |accessdate=19 July 2020}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 17:30, 19 July 2020
| Chicuque Rural Hospital | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Chicuque, Mozambique |
| Services | |
| Beds | 135 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1913 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Mozambique |
Chicuque Rural Hospital is a hospital in Chicuque, located in the municipality of Maxixe, province of Inhambane in Mozambique.[1] Containing 135 beds, the hospital was founded in 1913 by United Methodist Church missionary Charles John Stauffacher. It services approximately 500,000 local residents. The hospital was nationalized in 1975 at the time of Mozambique's independence from the Portuguese Empire and incorporated into the country's Ministry of Health. However, the Methodist Church was approached in 1986 to operate the hospital in partnership with the government.[2]
History
Chicuque Rural Hospital was built in 1914 on instruction of Dr. Charles Stauffacher while he was on a Methodist Mission, he had arrived in Chicuque the previous year and had started medical work. Dr Stauffacher educated midwives in the hospital, who worked in the area, instructing people on how to improve their environmental hygiene conditions, such as through digging latrines or securing clean water. Dr Stauffacher visit remote clinics twice a year to ensure they were stocked with medicine, until his death in 1974.[3]
In 1975, the hospital was nationalised by the Mozambique government however, the United Methodist Church continued to play a role in the management and provides for gaps in the government service.[4]
Facilities
The Chicuque Rural Hospital is the 2nd largest hospital in Inhambane Province with 135 beds at it's main site.[4][5] A number of other clinics in the area offer services to the community and transfer patients to Chicuque if required. Alongside it's outpatient service, the hospital performs surgical procedures, inpatient care, maternity and paediatric treatments.[4]
- In 1995, the hospital was given funding as part of the Community Development and Health Project to improve the overall health of Mozambicans.[6]
References
- ^ "Whom to Contact: Chicuque Rural Hospital". Gbgm-umc.org. Archived from the original on 2013-04-14. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
- ^ "About Chicuque Rural Hospital". Gbgm-umc.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-24. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
- ^ Simpson, Robert L. "A History CHICUQUE RURAL HOSPITAL". Hospital Rural de Chicuque. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- ^ a b c House, Christie R. (20 February 2019). "MEETING HEALTH NEEDS IN MOZAMBIQUE". Abundant Health. The United Methodist Church. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- ^ ""I was ashamed to say what I had and how I felt…"". NAMATI. 5 March 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- ^ Ferrell, BJ (March 2002). "Community development and health project: a 5-year (1995-1999) experience in Mozambique, Africa". International nursing review. 49 (1): 27–37. doi:10.1046/j.1466-7657.2002.00099.x. PMID 11930954. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
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