The Tripoli Central Hospital (in
Arabic
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: ''مستشفى طرابلس المركزي'') is a general hospital, located in
Tripoli,
Libya.
Tripoli's second-largest hospital, it is located downtown and occupies a big complete block between Zawia Street (''شارع الزاويه'') and Saidi Street (''شارع السيدي.'').
It houses the city's main and the oldest
trauma center
A trauma center (or trauma centre) is a hospital equipped and staffed to provide care for patients suffering from major traumatic injuries such as falls, motor vehicle collisions, or gunshot wounds. A trauma center may also refer to an emerge ...
as well Libya's first and only
organ-transplantation program.
History
It was built on a piece of land that was occupied by some smaller clinics around Assaidi Street. These clinics used to care for patients with
uberculosisduring the 1920s. The clinics were known locally as " Assomaa Alhamra ", which literally means the red
inaret which was named because of " Assomaa Alhamra mosque " which has a red minaret in Assaidi street.
The main buildings that are standing now were built during the Italian administration of Libya in 1910. It was known as ''L'Ospedale Coloniale di Vittorio Emanuele III'' (or Vittorio Emanuele III Colonial Hospital). The service during those days used to be headed by Italian doctors.
Notable among them was
Tomaso Casoni (1880–1933) who practiced there from 1912 to 1932. He described a test for diagnosing
hydatid disease Hydatid may refer to:
* Echinococcosis
* ''Echinococcus granulosus'', known as the hydatid tapeworm
* Hydatid of Morgagni
* Hydatidiform mole
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based on
dermal hypersensitivity known after him as the
Casoni test
The Casoni test is a skin test used in the diagnosis of hydatid disease. The test involves the intradermal injection of 0.25 ml of sterilised fluid from hydatid cysts/human cyst and sterilised by Seitz filtration on forearm and equal volume of sali ...
. The original building is still standing and is occupied by the hospital's surgery department.
Today
The hospital continues to serve as the main trauma center in downtown Tripoli. During last three decades of the 20th century, it served as the sole trauma center for all of Tripoli.
It is also one of the main two
teaching hospitals for the
Al Fateh University
, mottoeng = He has taught man that which he knew not
, established = 1955
, type = Public
, colors = Blue Sky and Sunglow
, mascot = Fennec fox
, city = Tripoli
, country = Libya
, coo ...
's medical-sciences department, the other being the
Tripoli Medical Center.
In 2005, the Libyan National organ transplantation program was initiated. A building annexed to the old surgery serve as the transplantation department.
Outpatients clinics and departments dealt with approximately 250,000 cases in 2019.
See also
*
Health in Libya A health care crisis currently exists in Libya due to the ongoing conflict.
History
There has been a crisis in the health system in Libya in the past six years following the Libyan Revolution in 2011. Prior to the Libyan Revolution health train ...
*
List of buildings and structures in Libya
This is a list of notable buildings and structures in Libya, organized by city:
Benghazi
*Grand Hotel Benghazi (also known as the Berenice Hotel)
*Tibesti Hotel
*Uzu Hotel (also known as the Ozoo or Ouzou Hotel)
Tobruk
*Hotel Tobruk
Tr ...
References
External links
The Libyan Journal of medicineThe Libyan National Organ transplantation program
Hospital buildings completed in 1910
Buildings and structures in Tripoli, Libya
Hospitals in Libya
Medical education in Libya
Teaching hospitals
Organizations based in Tripoli, Libya
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