Juba Teaching Hospital | |
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Geography | |
Location | Unity Avenue, Juba, South Sudan |
Organisation | |
Type | Teaching hospital |
Affiliated university | University of Juba |
Services | |
Beds | 512 |
History | |
Opened | 1975 |
Juba Teaching Hospital is a government-run 512-bed [1] teaching hospital in Juba, South Sudan. [2] The hospital functions as the ultimate referral hospital for the nation. [2]
The hospital provides secondary level care for Central Equatoria state and functions as the ultimate referral hospital for the entire nation, serving the needs of 8.26 million people in 2020. [2] Services include primary care, [2] an emergency department, [3] obstetrics and gynaecology, [2] neonatal intensive care, surgery, [4] and vaccinations. [5] The maternity ward has thirteen beds. [6]
The teaching hospital was opened by the Government of Sudan in 1975 [7] and is affiliated with the University of Juba. [2]
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) provided the hospital with a laboratory and X-ray facilities in 1993. [1] As of 2006, ICRC support continued and the hospital employed 400 nursing staff, including 230 students. [1] From 2006 to 2008 the hospital underwent renovations by the China Overseas Engineering Group. [8] During 2016, the hospital ran out of medicine, had no electrical supply and was barely functioning. [9]
The hospital opened an 2,500-litres-per-day oxygen plant in 2021 [10] With support from the Government of China, services expanded in 2021 to include an infectious disease department and increased intensive care capacity. [5] The Israeli government added support to the Intensive Care Unit in 2022. [11]
The hospital is considered to be the best in the nation. [6]