Good Heart Specialist Hospital

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Good Heart Specialist Hospital
Good Heart Specialist Hospital
Geography
LocationEvo Road, New GRA, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
Coordinates 4°49′10″N7°0′3″E / 4.81944°N 7.00083°E / 4.81944; 7.00083 Coordinates: 4°49′10″N7°0′3″E / 4.81944°N 7.00083°E / 4.81944; 7.00083
Organisation
Care system Private
Funding For-profit hospital
Type Specialist
Services
Emergency department Yes
Links
Other links List of hospitals in Port Harcourt

Good Heart Specialist Hospital (also known as Good Heart Hospital or abbreviated GHSH) is a private healthcare facility in Rivers State, Nigeria. The hospital's owner is said to be a consultant cardiologist at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital. [1]

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Location

Good Heart Specialist Hospital is situated on Evo Road, in the phase 2 of New GRA, about 1.3 km (0.8 mi) from D-line, Port Harcourt. The coordinates of the road on which the hospital building is sited are: 4°49'10.8"N, 7°0'3.5"E (Latitude:4.819675; Longitude:7.000985). [2]

In the news

The hospital was temporarily closed in August 2014 as were several medical centers where such cases were reported, after it was alleged that one of its patients, a doctor named Ikechukwu Enemuo, had died from Ebola. Reports revealed that Enemuo had contracted the virus while attending to an Ebola-infected ECOWAS staff who flew into Port Harcourt from Lagos for treatment in an unnamed hotel. The diplomat, however, recovered after being treated. Unfortunately, Mr. Ikechukwu Enemuo died after contact with the infected diplomat. He was rushed to GoodHeart Specialist Hospital where the medical director promptly alerted government agencies of the situation. He would later die of the disease. [3]

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References

  1. Akasike, Chukwudi (29 August 2014). "Infected diplomat takes Ebola to Port Harcourt". The Punch . Punch Nigeria Limited. Archived from the original on 29 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  2. Google (29 August 2014). "Location of Evo Road" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  3. Nengia, Kevin (29 August 2014). "Panic In PH As Ebola Claims Doctor; Wife, Child Quarantined …100 On Watch List …Scarcity Of Hand Sanitisers Hit PH". The Tide . Rivers State Newspaper Corporation. Retrieved 29 August 2014.