Yaoundé General Hospital

Hospital in Yaoundé, Cameroon
3°54′24″N 11°32′29″E / 3.9066°N 11.5414°E / 3.9066; 11.5414OrganisationTypeGeneral, TeachingServicesBeds302HistoryOpened1985LinksListsHospitals in Cameroon

The Yaoundé General Hospital (Hôpital Général de Yaoundé - HGY) is a hospital in Yaoundé, Cameroon, established in 1985. It is a teaching center and reference hospital for others in the region.[1]

The hospital was designed by the C. Cacoub and Buban Ngu Design Group and built by SBBM & Six Construct. It covers an area of 20,301 square metres and as of 2001 had 302 beds. The hospital provides medicine, surgery, obstetrics, gynaecology and pediatrics.[1] It is the only hospital in the Central Region with a dialysis center. In July 2011, some patients were turned away due to shortage of dialysis units.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Binder, Georges (1 March 2001). Montois Partners: Selected and Current Works. Images Publishing. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-86470-069-5. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  2. ^ "CAMEROUN : L'HÔPITAL GÉNÉRAL DE YAOUNDÉ NE REÇOIT PLUS DE NOUVEAUX MALADES". Camer.be (in French). July 2011. Retrieved 2012-07-26.


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