Mbabane Government Hospital

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Mbabane Government Hospital
Geography
LocationTelevision Road, Mbabane [1] , Eswatini
Coordinates 26°19′54″S31°8′37″E / 26.33167°S 31.14361°E / -26.33167; 31.14361
Organisation
Type General
Services
Beds500
Links
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Mbabane Government Hospital is the national hospital in Mbabane, Eswatini with 500 beds. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma worked at this hospital at a paediatric nurse in the 1980s. [2] In 2007, the Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Njabulo Mabuza, banned the media from entering the hospital. [3]

In September 2018 as the government had not paid suppliers the hospital ran out of food for patients. [4]

References

  1. "Mbabane Government Hospital". Med Pages. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  2. Turok, Karina; Orford, Margie (10 February 2006). Life and soul: portraits of women who move South Africa. Juta and Company Ltd. p. 27. ISBN   978-1-77013-043-2 . Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  3. So this is democracy?: report on media freedom in Southern Africa. Media Institute of Southern Africa. 2007. p. 93. ISBN   978-99916-62-15-2 . Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  4. "Swaziland: No Food for Hospital Patients As Broke Swaziland Government Leaves Supplier Bills Unpaid". All Africa. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.