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Masanga Hospital

Coordinates: 8°44′57″N 11°50′14″W / 8.749249°N 11.837149°W / 8.749249; -11.837149
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Masanga Hospital
The Emergency Admissions Unit at Masanga Hospital
Masanga Hospital is located in Sierra Leone
Masanga Hospital
The location of Masanga Hospital in Sierra Leone, West Africa
Geography
LocationMasanga, Tonkolili District, Northern Province, Sierra Leone
Coordinates8°44′57″N 11°50′14″W / 8.749249°N 11.837149°W / 8.749249; -11.837149
Organisation
FundingNon-profit hospital
TypeDistrict
Affiliated universityUniversity of Plymouth
PatronMasangaDK, MasangaUK
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds100
HelipadYes
Links
Websitehttp://www.masangahospital.org
The paediatric ward at Masanga Hospital

Masanga Hospital or Masanga Leprosy Hospital is a NGO supported government hospital that provides healthcare in paediatrics, maternity, general medicine and surgery. It is located in Tonkolili district, Northern Province, Sierra Leone, West Africa.[1] The hospital was ransacked and used as a rebel stronghold during the Sierra Leone Civil War, but having reopened in 2006 it is now a functioning rural hospital once more. The hospital is run by a partnership between several European charitable organisations: Masanga UK,[2] Sierra Leonean Adventists Abroad (SLAA),[1] Masanga Netherlands and Masanga Denmark .[3] Though in the long-term the hospital aims to be fully government-funded, presently it currently subsists on charitable donations. Free healthcare is offered to under fives and pregnant women, and also to locals of limited means.

Education

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Masanga Hospital is involved in capacity building by serving as the primary rotation center for the Surgical training program of CapaCare and by collaborating closely with the Tonkolili District College of Health Sciences.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Sierra Leonean Adventists Abroad '[1]'
  2. ^ Masanga UK '[2]'
  3. ^ Associated Friends of Masanga '"Masanga Leprosy Hospital". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2011-07-09.'
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