Mpilo Hospital

Mpilo Hospital
Geography
Location	Bulawayo, Matabeleland, Zimbabwe
Organisation
Care system	Public
Type	Tertiary Referral Teaching hospital
Affiliated university	National University of Science and Technology University of Zimbabwe
Services
Emergency department	24 hours
Beds	1000
History
Opened	1958; 66 years ago (1958)[1]
Links
Website	www.mpilo.org.zw

Mpilo Central Hospital,[2] more commonly known as Mpilo Hospital, is the largest hospital in Bulawayo,[3] and second largest in Zimbabwe after Parirenyatwa Hospital in Harare. Mpilo is a public hospital, and referral centre for the Matabeleland North, Matabeleland South and Midlands provinces of Zimbabwe.

The hospital's name, 'Mpilo' means 'life' in the native Ndebele language.

Mpilo has a School of Nursing as well as a School of Midwifery, both of which are located within the hospital campus.

See also

• List of hospitals in Zimbabwe

References

1. Whitaker, B. (1966-05-01). "Mpilo Central Hospital (founded by Mpilonhle Qobo)". International Journal of Nursing Studies. 3 (1): 53–55. doi:10.1016/0020-7489(66)90065-4. ISSN 0020-7489. PMID 5176818.
2. Grave, G. F. (November 1972). "Surgery in Rhodesia. Mpilo Central Hospital, Bulawayo". Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 51 (5): 332–333. ISSN 0035-8843. PMC 2388115. PMID 4646748.
3. Masukume, Gwinyai (June 2012). "A 54 year analysis of articles from Mpilo Central Hospital, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe - 168 articles cited 999 times". Malawi Medical Journal. 24 (2): 36–38. ISSN 1995-7262. PMC 3588217. PMID 23638269.

External resources

• Ministry of Health and Child Welfare: https://web.archive.org/web/20120417102207/http://www.mohcw.gov.zw/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=61&Itemid=87
• Rasmussen, R.K., and Rubert, S.C., 1990. Historical Dictionary of Zimbabwe, Scarecrow Press.

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