Masanga Hospital
Masanga Hospital is located in the jungle in central Sierra Leone, West Africa, one of the poorest countries in the world.
The hospital was well functioning when run by the Adventists in the years 1964-1997. In 1997, the civil war forced the hospital to close down. The civil war ended in 2002, but at that time the hospital was in ruins, and the lack of resources in the country preventet its reestablishment.
In 2005 the Danish doctor Peter Bo Jørgensen set up the organization Associated Friends of Masanga (AFOM). AFOM's aim is to rehabilitate and run the hospital, which reopened in 2006. During a 10-year period the organization will reestablish the hospital so that in 2016 it will be fully functional again without the help of foreigners.
In 2007 IMCC Masanga joined the work of reestablishing the hospital and in cooperation with AFOM opened a ward for malnourished children in February 2008. The ward is now run by local staff and the project has been a great success.
Our vision is to continue to make progress by providing local residents with healthcare and by educating them so that they are able to run the hospital in the future. The financial foundation and sustainability are ensured by businesses at the hospital grounds and training of the staff.
The Hospital wards:
- Surgical wards: 50 beds
- Malnourishment ward: 19 beds
- Children's ward: 19 beds
- Maternity ward: 14 beds
- Under Five: Outpatient department for pregnant women and children younger than five years of age
- Eye clinic
- Outpatient department
Businesses at the hospital grounds:
- Tailor's shop
- Bike sale and repair shop
- Carpentry shop
- Soap factory