Healing the scars of war
What was the urgent need that led to the opening of Al-Wahda hospital?
- Al-Wahda hospital was opened in April 2018.
- Responded to the urgent need for surgical and post-surgical care for people wounded during the war.
How did the hospital adapt to the new healthcare challenges?
- Converted 40 newly built individual rooms into isolation units for COVID-19 patients.
- Expanded bed capacity and admission criteria to meet the increasing medical needs of the community.
Back then, the capacity to meet the community’s healthcare needs in Mosul was critically low, both due to the number of people requiring care as well as major damages to the city’s main healthcare facilities, which rendered them out of service.
“During the war, we were displaced many times, our days were dark and sad. When we finally returned home after the war, nothing was working as it used to be before,” says Taha Hussein, MSF health promoter at Al-Wahda. “The healthcare sector was among the hardest hit in the city,” she says.
Soon after the hospital started receiving the first war-wounded patients, the true extent of people’s medical needs became more evident.
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Summary: Al-Wahda hospital in Mosul was opened in 2018 to address the urgent need for surgical care for war-wounded individuals. Over time, the hospital adapted to new challenges by converting rooms for COVID-19 patients and expanding bed capacity to meet increasing medical needs.
Source: www.msf.org