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Hospital Nacional Simão Mendes

Hospital Nacional Simão Mendes

Hospital in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau


Hospital Nacional Simão Mendes is a hospital in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. It is situated next to the cemetery. It is named after António Simões Mendes (1930–1966), a nurse born in Canchungo who treated PAICG fighters during the War of Independence, was jailed by PIDE in 1961 and killed in a Portuguese Air Force raid in February 1966.[1] As of 1998, the hospital contained the only paediatric ward in the country.[2] In 2009–2011, it underwent significant redevelopment.[1] In 2011, it contained 417 beds and offered 21 specialisations, of which the maternity ward, pediatrics, ophtalmology, radiology and the laboratory were the most sought after. At the time it had 41 doctors and 82 nurses.[3] On 20 October 2016, a factory for medicinal oxygen was inaugurated on the hospital site.[4] At the end of 2018, the hospital had more than 500 beds, and one doctor was specialised in cardiology. The Paediatric Ward had 158 beds and counted with 9 doctors and 40 nurses.[5]

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References

  1. Mendy, Peter Karibe (17 October 2013). Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau. Scarecrow Press. p. 220. ISBN 978-0-8108-8027-6.
  2. (in Portuguese) Hospital Simão Mendes é um pesadelo em Bissau Voa Notícias, 16 November 2011
  3. (in Portuguese) Hospital Simão Mendes já produziu 25 botijas de oxigénio RadioSolMansi, 31 October 2016
  4. (in Portuguese) Funcionários do principal hospital de Bissau suspendem greve Deutsche Welle, 28 December 2018



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