Academic Hospital Paramaribo (
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: ''Academisch Ziekenhuis Paramaribo'' or ''AZP'') 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 ...
. With 465 beds, it is the largest hospital in Suriname.
History
The hospital was opened on 9 March 1966 as ''Centraal Ziekenhuis'' (Central Hospital), but changed its name in 1969 to Academic Hospital when the medical faculty of the
Anton de Kom University of Suriname was founded.
See also
*
's Lands Hospitaal, a general hospital in 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.
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Mungra Medisch Centrum
Mungra Medical Centre (Dutch: ''Mungra Medisch Centrum'' or ''MMC'') is a hospital in Nieuw-Nickerie, Suriname. It was the first hospital in Suriname outside of Paramaribo.
History
On 31 March 1907, the government set up a commission to upgrad ...
, medical centre
district Nickerie.
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Hospitals in Suriname