Health in Mauritius
Mauritius had a life expectancy of 75.17 years in 2014.[1] 39% of Mauritian men smoked in 2014.[2] 13% of men and 23% of women were obese in 2008.[2]
The Human Rights Measurement Initiative[3] finds that Mauritius is fulfilling 72.7% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to health based on its level of income.[4] When looking at the right to health with respect to children, Mauritius achieves 94.1% of what is expected based on its current income.[5] In regards to the right to health amongst the adult population, the country achieves only 85.0% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income. [6] Mauritius falls into the "very bad" category when evaluating the right to reproductive health because the nation is fulfilling only 39.1% of what the nation is expected to achieve based on the resources (income) it has available.[7]
Healthcare
The Ministry of Health and Wellness is responsible for public healthcare.[8] Dr Kailesh Jagutpal is the Minister of Health and Wellness as from 12 November 2019.[9] The five regions each have their own Health Advisory Board. Healthcare, which is financed through general taxation, is free for Mauritian citizens.
Hospitals
There were 166 medical facilities in Mauritius in 2019.[10] There are 5 five regional hospitals and three district hospitals
| Name | City | District | Comments References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. A.G. Jeetoo Regional Hospital | Port Louis | Port Louis District | Region 1[10] |
| Long Mountain Community Hospital | Port Louis District | Region 2[10] | |
| Flacq Regional Hospital | Flacq District | Region 3[10] | |
| Jawaharnal Nehru Regional Hospital | Rose-Belle | Grand Port District | Region 4[10] |
| Mahebourg District Hospital | Mahébourg | Grand Port District | Region 4[10] |
| Souillac District Hospital | Souillac | Savanne District | Region 4[10] |
| Dr. Yves Catin Community Hospital | Rivière Noire District | Region 5[10] | |
| Victoria Regional Hospital | Vacoas-Phoenix | Plaines Wilhems District | Region 5[10] |
| Queen Elizabeth District Hospital | Rodrigues Autonomous Region | [10] | |
| Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Regional Hospital | Pamplemousses District | Region 2, opened in 1969, largest hospital with 563 beds, intensive care unit with 8 beds and a neurosurgical and renal unit with 28 beds.[11] | |
| Souillac Eye Hospital | Souillac | Plaines Wilhems District | specializes in eye surgery. New laser equipment financed by the Teaching Eye Surgery, Foundation was installed in 2018.[12] |
| Otorhinolaryngological hospital | Vacoas-Phoenix | Plaines Wilhems District | closed in December 2017 and is being rebuilt |
| Brown Sequard psychiatric clinic | Beau Bassin-Rose Hill | Plaines Wilhems District | |
| Subramaniam Bharati Moka Eye Hospital | Moka | Moka District | |
| Poudre d’Or Hospital | Poudre D'Or | Rivière du Rempart District | specialises in pulmonary diseases[13] |
| Planned Cancer Hospital | Vacoas-Phoenix | Plaines Wilhems District | [14] |
References
- ^ "Country Comparison: Life expectancy at birth". The World Factbook. CIA. Archived from the original on 2018-12-29. Retrieved 2018-11-20.
- ^ a b ""Mauritius: health profile", World Health Organization" (PDF). 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ "Human Rights Measurement Initiative – The first global initiative to track the human rights performance of countries". humanrightsmeasurement.org. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
- ^ "Mauritius - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
- ^ "Mauritius - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
- ^ "Mauritius - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
- ^ "Mauritius - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
- ^ "Profile of Minister of Health and Wellness". Government of Mauritius. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
- ^ "Réduit: les 24 ministres de l'alliance Morisien ont prêté serment". Le Mauricien. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "A spatial database of health facilities managed by the public health sector in sub-Saharan Africa". World Health Organization. February 11, 2019. Archived from the original on April 22, 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- ^ "SIR SEEWOOSAGUR RAMGOOLAM NATIONAL HOSPITAL". Electives network. 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ "Le New Souillac Hospital prêt à opérer 4 000 patients chaque année". Le Mauricien. 22 January 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ "The health system in Mauritius". ExPat. May 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ "The ENT hospital of Vacoas closed from this Friday". Lexpress.mu. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2018.