Connaught Hospital
| Connaught Hospital | |
|---|---|
 Hospital entrance | |
 | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Sierra Leone |
| Coordinates | 8°29′18″N 13°14′18″W / 8.488431°N 13.238409°W |
| Organisation | |
| Type | Teaching, District General |
| University of Sierra Leone | |
| Services | |
| Yes | |
| Beds | 350 |
| Helipads | |
| Helipad | No |
| History | |
| Founded | 1912 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Sierra Leone |
Connaught Hospital is the principal adult referral hospital in Sierra Leone.[1][2]
Connaught Hospital was opened in 1912 by the Duke of Connaught, Prince Arthur. President Kabbah re-opened the hospital on May 5, 2006, alongside the Princess Christian Missionary Hospital (PCMH).
Notable doctors and herbalists
[edit]- John Augustus Abayomi-Cole – medical doctor and herbalist
- Robert Wellesley Cole (1907–1995), general surgeon and first West African to become a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons[3]
- William Broughton Davies (1831–1906), first West African to qualify as a medical doctor[4]
- Arthur Farquhar Stuart (1927–2002), consultant physician[5]
- William Robert Priddy (1926–2003), medical practitioner and Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists[6][7]
- William Renner (1846–1917), oncologist and Assistant Surgeon-General during the colonial era[8]
Developments
[edit]The UK government and Sierra Leone government commissioned a improved public laboratory in the hospital to improved public health in the country .[9]
Director
[edit]The chief medical director of the hospital Dr. Mark I. Kapuwa.[10]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Connaught Hospital – King's Sierra Leone Partnership". kslp.org.uk. King’s Sierra Leone Partnership. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- ↑ "Connaught Hospital". www.electives.net. The Electives Network. Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- ↑ "Irene Ighodaro". Young Historians Project. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ↑ Patton, Adell. Physicians, colonial racism, and diaspora in West Africa, University Press of Florida, 1996
- ↑ Fay, Hugh T; Amara, E Luke I B (6 July 2002). "Arthur Osman Farquhar Stuart". BMJ. 325 (7354): 47. doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7354.47. PMC 1123561. S2CID 73381430.
- ↑ Beckles, H. (2004). Great House Rules: Landless Emancipation and Workers' Protest in Barbados, 1838-1938. I. Randle. p. 92. ISBN 9789766370855. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
- ↑ Egerton, Luke; Priddy, Alvan (2003). "Ebun Willie Robert Gorham Priddy". British Medical Journal. 327 (7423): 1112. doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1112-d. PMC 261784.
- ↑ "William Awoonor-Renner". The Equiano Centre.
- ↑ "UK Aid opens refurbished hospital laboratory in Sierra Leone". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2026-06-26.
- ↑ "Sierra Leone : Three Years On, Connaught Hospital's Chief Reflects on Reform — But Patients Say the Struggles Continue - PAN AFRICAN VISIONS". 2026-05-14. Retrieved 2026-06-26.
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