Connaught Hospital

This article is about the hospital in Sierra Leone. For the hospital in Malta, see Palazzo Vilhena. For the former hospital in Walthamstow, see Old Town Hall, Walthamstow.

Connaught Hospital
Hospital entrance
Geography
Location	Sierra Leone
Coordinates	8°29′18″N13°14′18″W / 8.488431°N 13.238409°W / 8.488431; -13.238409
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;113 years ago (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

• 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

• 2014 Ebola virus epidemic in Sierra Leone

References

1. "Connaught Hospital – King's Sierra Leone Partnership". kslp.org.uk. King’s Sierra Leone Partnership. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
2. "Connaught Hospital". www.electives.net. The Electives Network. Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
3. "Irene Ighodaro". Young Historians Project. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
4. Patton, Adell. Physicians, colonial racism, and diaspora in West Africa, University Press of Florida, 1996
5. Fay, Hugh T; Amara, E Luke I B (6 July 2002). "Arthur Osman Farquhar Stuart". BMJ. 325 (7354): 47. doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7354.47. PMC   1123561 . S2CID   73381430.
6. Beckles, H. (2004). Great House Rules: Landless Emancipation and Workers' Protest in Barbados, 1838-1938. I. Randle. p. 92. ISBN   9789766370855 . Retrieved 2015-11-09.
7. Egerton, Luke; Priddy, Alvan (2003). "Ebun Willie Robert Gorham Priddy". British Medical Journal. 327 (7423): 1112. doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1112-d. PMC   261784 .
8. "William Awoonor-Renner". The Equiano Centre.