Madina Hospital

Madina Hospital
Geography
Location	Wadajir District, Benadir, Somalia
Organisation
Care system	Public Hospital
Services
Beds	400
History
Opened	May 25, 1968
Links
Website	https://madinahospital.so/
Lists	Hospitals in Somalia

Madina Hospital (also known as Medina Hospital) is one of the two major hospitals in Mogadishu, Somalia. ^[1]

Medina Hospital (MH) is a dedicated medical facility that handles emergencies in Mogadishu. It focuses on trauma and emergency maternal medicine, treating several hundred war-wounded patients and expectant mothers every month. Emergency cases include among other incidents such as traffic accidents, falls from heights, explosions, weapon wounds, sharp objects injuries, person to person fights, among many others.

References

1. Gogineni, Roopa (5 January 2012). "In Mogadishu, Nothing Is Simple". United Nations Population Fund. Retrieved 31 March 2021.

Further reading

• "'If I was sane I would have fled'". Al Jazeera. 28 June 2011.
• Elmi, Abdi Mohamed; Hassan, Mohamed Yusuf; Baldan, Marco (2003). "Abdominal war wounds with large bowel involvement: The Medina Hospital experience". East and Central African Journal of Surgery. 8 (1). doi:10.4314/ecajs.v8i1 (inactive 12 July 2025). ISSN   2073-9990 . Retrieved 31 March 2021– via African Journals Online.
• Liohn, André (1 April 2011). "In pictures: Inside the Medina Hospital in Somalia". BBC News. International Committee of the Red Cross. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
• Liohn, André. "Reference: V-P-SO-E-00505". ICRC Audiovisual Archives. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
• Omar, Mohamed Mohamud; Sönmez, Recep Erçin; Hassan, Mohamed Yusuf; Alimoğlu, Orhan (10 March 2020). "Prevalence of war victims ın Madına Hospıtal Mogadıshu Somalıa". Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science. 19 (3). Ibn Sina Medical College: 401–403. doi: 10.3329/bjms.v19i3.45855 . ISSN   2223-4721. S2CID   216243946. EBSCOhost   142487721.
• Sheegow, Bella (2 March 2021). "Somalia's lack of blood" (Audio). BBC News and World Service. Africa Life Clinic. Retrieved 31 March 2021.