Mzuzu Central Hospital | |
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Geography | |
Location | Mzuzu, Malawi |
Coordinates | 11°25′41″S 33°59′45″E / 11.42806°S 33.99583°E |
Organisation | |
Care system | Public |
Funding | Public hospital |
Type | District General, Teaching |
Affiliated university |
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Services | |
Emergency department | Yes |
Beds | 610 |
Helipad | No |
History | |
Opened | 1945 |
Links | |
Other links | List of hospitals in Malawi |
Mzuzu Central Hospital is a tertiary referral hospital in Mzuzu city, Malawi. The facility was found in early 1945 and is estimated to have 610 beds. It serves nearly 3 million people, referred from several hospitals in the Northern Malawi districts, as well as from other parts of Malawi. The hospital also receives patients from several neighboring countries, mostly Zambia and Tanzania.[1]