Sally Mugabe Central Hospital | |
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Geography | |
Location | Southerton, Harare, Zimbabwe |
Organisation | |
Care system | Government |
Funding | Public hospital |
Type | General |
Affiliated university | Ministry of Health and Child Care (Zimbabwe), Faculty of Medicine, University of Zimbabwe |
Services | |
Beds | 2000 |
History | |
Opened | 1958 |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in Zimbabwe |
Other links | List of hospitals in Zimbabwe |
Sally Mugabe Central Hospital also known as Harare Central Hospital/Gomo Hospital is the second largest public hospital in Zimbabwe after Parirenyatwa Hospital.[1] The hospital is the main referral center for patients and casualties from the Northern half of Zimbabwe and is also the main services hospital for greater Harare residents.[2][3][4][5][6]
Harare Hospital was officially opened on 2 May 1958 by the then Governor General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Lord Dalhousie.
The hospital has been the main teaching hospital for the University of Zimbabwe's Faculty of Medicine's practical lectures since 1966 and has full accreditation by the College of Surgeons for East-Central and Southern Africa status for the training of surgeons. The hospital is also a training hospital for nurses, theatre nurses, pediatric nurses, midwives, radiographers,laboratory technicians and pharmacy technicians.[7][8][9][10]