Connaught Hospital
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| Connaught Hospital | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Sierra Leone |
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| Organisation | |
| Funding | Public hospital |
| Type | Teaching, District General |
| Affiliated university | University of Sierra Leone |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 350 |
| Helipad | No |
| History | |
| Opened | 1912 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Sierra Leone |
Connaught Hospital is the principal adult referral hospital in Sierra Leone.[1][2]
Connaught Hospital was opened in 1912 by the Duke of Connaught, Prince Arthur. President Kabbah re-opened the hospital on May 5, 2006, alongside the Princess Christian Missionary Hospital (PCMH).
Notable doctors and herbalists
[edit | edit source]- John Augustus Abayomi-Cole – medical doctor and herbalist
- Robert Wellesley Cole (1907–1995), general surgeon and first West African to become a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons[3]
- William Broughton Davies (1831–1906), first West African to qualify as a medical doctor[4]
- Arthur Farquhar Stuart (1927–2002), consultant physician[5]
- William Robert Priddy (1926–2003), medical practitioner and Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists[6][7]
- William Renner (1846–1917), oncologist and Assistant Surgeon-General during the colonial era[8]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ Patton, Adell. Physicians, colonial racism, and diaspora in West Africa, University Press of Florida, 1996
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