The Holy Spirit Hospital is a hospital located in

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. It is the largest private hospital in the Northern Province, Sierra Leone, Northern Province of Sierra Leone.

History

The hospital was initially built as a small clinic in 2002 by the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Makeni in collaboration with the Albano Diocese of

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. In 2013, a diabetes clinic was added to the hospital. An additional wing was added to the Holy Spirit Hospital and built by Surg+Restore and ReSurge Africa, a Scottish-based charity, in 2014, which also provided training for two future

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and two anesthesiologists. Currently, 3 fully qualified

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and 60

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and support staff treat 300 in-patients and 12,000 out-patients per month. The hospital has 70 beds, a surgical theatre, laboratory, and pharmacy. In 2019, the Holy Spirit Hospital joined the

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(FRCSL) as one of five founding members, alongside the

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References

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