Masanga Hospital or Masanga Leprosy Hospital is an NGO-supported government hospital that provides healthcare in paediatrics, maternity, general medicine and surgery. It is located in Tonkolili district, Northern Province, Sierra Leone, West Africa.Sierra Leonean Adventists Abroad ' ' The hospital was ransacked and used as a rebel stronghold during the Sierra Leone Civil War, but having reopened in 2006 it is now a functioning rural hospital once more. The hospital is run by a partnership between several European charitable organisations: Masanga UK,Masanga UK '' Sierra Leonean Adventists Abroad (SLAA), Masanga Netherlands and Masanga Denmark .Associated Friends of Masanga '' Though in the long-term the hospital aims to be fully government-funded, presently it currently subsists on charitable donations. Free healthcare is offered to under-fives and pregnant women, and also to locals of limited means.
Education Masanga Hospital is involved in capacity-building by serving as the primary rotation centre for the Surgical training programme of CapaCare and by collaborating closely with the Tonkolili District College of Health Sciences.
See also 2014 Ebola virus epidemic in Sierra Leone
References
External links Masanga Hospital website Sierra Leonean Adventists Abroad Association website Masanga Leprosy Hospital Website CapaCare