| Mpilo Hospital | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Bulawayo, Matabeleland, Zimbabwe |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public |
| Type | Tertiary Referral Teaching hospital |
| Affiliated university | National University of Science and Technology University of Zimbabwe |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | 24 hours |
| Beds | 1000 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1958[1] |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
Mpilo Central Hospital,[2] more commonly known as Mpilo Hospital, is the largest hospital in Bulawayo,[3] and second largest in Zimbabwe after Parirenyatwa Hospital in Harare. Mpilo is a public hospital, and referral centre for the Matabeleland North, Matabeleland South and Midlands provinces of Zimbabwe.
The hospital's name, 'Mpilo' means 'life' in the native Ndebele language.
Mpilo has a School of Nursing as well as a School of Midwifery, both of which are located within the hospital campus.
- ^ Whitaker, B. (1966-05-01). "Mpilo Central Hospital (founded by Mpilonhle Qobo)". International Journal of Nursing Studies. 3 (1): 53–55. doi:10.1016/0020-7489(66)90065-4. ISSN 0020-7489. PMID 5176818.
- ^ Grave, G. F. (November 1972). "Surgery in Rhodesia. Mpilo Central Hospital, Bulawayo". Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 51 (5): 332–333. ISSN 0035-8843. PMC 2388115. PMID 4646748.
- ^ Masukume, Gwinyai (June 2012). "A 54 year analysis of articles from Mpilo Central Hospital, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe - 168 articles cited 999 times". Malawi Medical Journal. 24 (2): 36–38. ISSN 1995-7262. PMC 3588217. PMID 23638269.