Juba Teaching Hospital is a government-run 512-bed
teaching hospital in
Juba, South Sudan.
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Assessment of Maternal Health Services Quality at Juba Teaching Hospital, South Sudan
''. East Afr Health Res J. 2020;4(1):41-50. doi: 10.24248/eahrj.v4i1.620. Epub 2020 Jun 26. PMID 34308219; PMCID: PMC8279335. The hospital functions as the ultimate referral hospital for the nation.
Services
The hospital provides
secondary level care for
Central Equatoria
Central Equatoria is a state in South Sudan. With an area of , it is the smallest of the original South Sudanese states. Its previous name was Bahr al-Jabal (also Bahr-el-Jebel), named after a tributary of the White Nile that flows through the s ...
state and functions as the ultimate referral hospital for the entire nation, serving the needs of 8.26 million people in 2020.
Services include
primary care,
an
emergency department
An emergency department (ED), also known as an accident and emergency department (A&E), emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW) or casualty department, is a medical treatment facility specializing in emergency medicine, the acute care of pati ...
,
obstetrics and gynaecology,
,
surgery
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, and vaccinations.
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Sudan Tribune, 22 March 2021 The maternity ward has thirteen beds.
History
The
teaching hospital
A teaching hospital is a hospital or medical centre that provides medical education and training to future and current health professionals. Teaching hospitals are almost always affiliated with one or more universities and are often co-located ...
was opened by the
Government of Sudan
Government of Sudan is the federal provisional government created by the constitution of Sudan having the executive, parliament, and the judiciary. Previously, a ''president'' was head of state, head of government, and commander-in-chief of the ...
in 1975 and is affiliated with the
University of Juba
The University of Juba ( ar, جامعة جوبا) is an English-language public university located in Juba, South Sudan. It was founded in 1975 under by the former Vice president of and President of Southern Sudan, Abel Alier Kwai. The universi ...
.
The
International Committee of the Red Cross
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(ICRC) provided the hospital with a laboratory and X-ray facilities in 1993.
As of 2006, ICRC support continued and the hospital employed 400 nursing staff, including 230 students.
From 2006 to 2008 the hospital underwent renovations by the
China Overseas Engineering Group
China Overseas Engineering Group Co., Ltd. known as COVEC is a Chinese construction and engineering company that is subsidiary of China Railway Group Limited, which is organized as a large collection of engineering and design firms.
The compan ...
. During 2016, the hospital ran out of medicine, had no electrical supply and was barely functioning.
The hospital opened an 2,500-litres-per-day oxygen plant in 2021 With support from the
Government of China
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, services expanded in 2021 to include an infectious disease department and increased intensive care capacity.
The
Israeli government
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added support to the Intensive Care Unit in 2022.
The hospital is considered to be the best in the nation.
See also
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List of hospitals in South Sudan
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Health in South Sudan
References
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Hospitals in South Sudan
1975 establishments in Sudan
Hospitals established in 1975
Buildings and structures in Juba
University of Juba