Mungra Medical Centre

Mungra Medical Centre
's Lands Ziekenhuis Nickerie (1947)
Map
Geography
LocationNieuw-Nickerie, Suriname
Coordinates5°56′26″N 56°59′13″W / 5.940542°N 56.986842°W / 5.940542; -56.986842
Organisation
FundingGovernment hospital
Services
Beds100[1]
History
Opened15 January 1959[2]
Links
Websitewww.szn.sr
ListsHospitals in Suriname

Mungra Medical Centre (Dutch: Mungra Medisch Centrum or MMC) is a hospital in Nieuw-Nickerie, Suriname. It was the first hospital in Suriname outside of Paramaribo.[3]

History

On 31 March 1907, the government set up a commission to upgrade the infirmary in Nickerie to a hospital.[3] This became known as the 's Lands Ziekenhuis Nickerie, which was located in Margarethenburg, not too far from Nieuw-Nickerie. Due to its remote location, small size and problems with flooding, it was decided in the 1950s to close it and open a new hospital on the Annastraat in Nieuw-Nickerie. The first stone was laid on 25 July 1956 and the hospital was eventually opened on 15 January 1959.[2]

On 7 March 1994, the hospital was named Lachmipersad Mungra Regional Hospital Nickerie after Lachmipersad Mungra, a physician and member of parliament from Nickerie. On 25 May 2017, the hospital was renamed to Mungra Medical Centre.[4] On 8 December 2017, the MMC together with the Ministry of Defence will be setting up five outpatient clinics in Kalebaskreek, Donderskamp, Corneliskondre, and Kabalebo.[5]

Services

The hospital specializes in gynecology, surgery, internal medicine, pediatrics, radiology, urology, psychology, otorhinolaryngology. The patient will be referred to Paramaribo for ophthalmology, orthopedic surgery, dermatology, psychiatry, and neurology.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Het Ziekenhuis". Dokters in Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Streekziekenhuis Nickerie bestaat 45 jaar". Nickerie.net (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Gouvernement Besluiten - Hospitaal Commissie". De Surinamer via Delpher (in Dutch). 31 March 1907. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Streekziekenhuis Nickerie nu Mungra Medisch Centrum". Star Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Mungra Medisch Centrum en Defensie trekken samen op". Star Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Specialismen". Mungra Medical Centre (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 May 2020.