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Ayder Hospital

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Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital is the largest hospital in Mekele in the Tigray Region and the second largest hospital in Ethiopia.

Description and history

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Located in Mekele,[1] the teaching hospital is the largest hospital in the Tigray Region[2] and the second largest hospital in Ethiopia.[3] It is one of only a few referral hospitals in Ethiopia.[3]

The hospital opened in 2008 and serves a population of over 8 million people.[3] The hospital's services include: newborn care,[4] dialysis, and cancer care.[5] It is the only one in the Tigray Region with surgery facilities[6] and, in 2015, became the only hospital with magnetic resonance imaging facilities.[3]

In 2022, the hospital had an estimate of 3,600 staff[5] with Kibrom Gebreselassie as the Chief Executive Director.[6]

A patient, 4 June 2021

In 2020, during the Tigray War, the hospital's staff struggled to keep up with the influx of trauma patients and was running low in surgical supplies.[7] In 2022, over 60 patients with kidney disease died due to lack of medical supplies and 81 patients died due to a lack of medical oxygen.[5] The hospital remained short of medical supplies in January 2023, after the war ended.[8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Endeshaw, Dawit (2023-07-10). "Hunger haunts Ethiopia's Tigray region after years of war". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
  2. ^ Davies, Lizzy (2022-09-23). "'Humanitarian crime': fighting cuts off insulin supply in Tigray". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
  3. ^ a b c d Ekanem PE, Nyaga ACK, Imbusi EA, et al. Neuroimaging patterns of anatomical features in pediatric cerebral palsy patients at Ayder hospital, Mekelle, Ethiopia. PloS one. 2020;15(11):e0241436. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0241436
  4. ^ "Health crisis looms in Tigray as main hospital closes". The East African. 2022-06-04. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
  5. ^ a b c "Hospital in Ethiopia's Tigray struggles to treat patients". KSNT 27 News. 2022-04-13. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
  6. ^ a b Daniel, Ari (14 October 2022). "'Where is humanity?' ask the helpless doctors of Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region". NPR.
  7. ^ "Mekelle hospitals struggling to care for wounded, supplies low". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
  8. ^ Kirstos, Mihret G (3 Jan 2023). "News: Tigray's biggest hospital remains short of medical supply despite peace deal, pleads for laboratory reagents". Addis Standard.


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