s Lands Hospitaal is a hospital in
Paramaribo
Paramaribo (; ; nicknamed Par'bo) is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on the banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 241,000 people (2012 census), almost half of Suriname's ...
,
Suriname
Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...
. The hospital started as a
military hospital
A military hospital is a hospital owned and operated by a military. They are often reserved for the use of military personnel and their dependents, but in some countries are made available to civilians as well. They may or may not be located on a ...
when it was established in 1760. In 1934, the hospital was transformed into a general hospital and renamed 's Lands Hospitaal. The hospital has specialized in
neonatology
Neonatology is a subspecialty of pediatrics that consists of the medical care of newborn infants, especially the ill or premature newborn. It is a hospital-based specialty, and is usually practised in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). The ...
and
pediatrics
Pediatrics ( also spelled ''paediatrics'' or ''pædiatrics'') is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. In the United Kingdom, paediatrics covers many of their youth until th ...
. In 2015, an
Intensive Care Unit
220px, Intensive care unit
An intensive care unit (ICU), also known as an intensive therapy unit or intensive treatment unit (ITU) or critical care unit (CCU), is a special department of a hospital or health care facility that provides intensiv ...
was opened.
See also
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Academic Hospital Paramaribo
Academic Hospital Paramaribo (Dutch: ''Academisch Ziekenhuis Paramaribo'' or ''AZP'') is a hospital in Paramaribo, Suriname. With 465 beds, it is the largest hospital in Suriname.
History
The hospital was opened on 9 March 1966 as ''Centraal Zie ...
, another university hospital of Paramaribo;
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Sint Vincentius Hospital
Sint Vincentius Hospital (Dutch: ''Sint Vincentiusziekenhuis'') is a hospital in Paramaribo, Suriname. It is Catholic hospital named after Saint Vincentius.
History
The hospital has its roots in a congregation of Sisters of Love from Tilburg
...
, a Catholic hospital in Paramaribo;
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Diakonessenhuis, a
Protestant hospital in Paramaribo.
References
External links
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Hospitals in Suriname
Hospitals established in the 1760s
Military hospitals
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