Level two hospital opened in South Sudan to care for 1,800 military, civilian staff
The United Kingdom’s medical contingent of the UN mission in South Sudan, has opened a level two hospital in the Bentiu region.
This health facility will provide medical care to over 1,800 military and civilian staff, working in remote protection of civilian sites in the area.
The facility has the sterile smell of an ordinary hospital as well as the same neatly packed surgical masks and gloves, medicines, needles and other supplies needed in a fully equipped treatment centre.
While the facility will not treat local people in the area due to limited resources and limited capacity, the Commander Medical, Lt. Col. Michael Hepburn, said the hospital will give UN staff and troops peace of mind knowing that they will receive treatment if they are injured or fall ill.
The hospital has out-patient and in-patient services, a surgical theatre, X-ray and head CT scanner, dental and laboratory facilities, wards including an isolation facility and aero-medical evacuation.
