Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital is the largest hospital in Mekele in the Tigray Region and the second largest hospital in Ethiopia.
Located in Mekele, [1] the teaching hospital is the largest hospital in the Tigray Region [2] and the second largest hospital in Ethiopia. [3] It is one of only a few referral hospitals in Ethiopia. [3]
The hospital opened in 2008 and serves a population of over 8 million people. [3] The hospital's services include: newborn care, [4] dialysis, and cancer care. [5] It is the only one in the Tigray Region with surgery facilities [6] and, in 2015, became the only hospital with magnetic resonance imaging facilities. [3]
In 2022, the hospital had an estimate of 3,600 staff [5] with Kibrom Gebreselassie as the Chief Executive Director. [6]
In 2020, during the Tigray War, the hospital's staff struggled to keep up with the influx of trauma patients and was running low in surgical supplies. [7] In 2022, over 60 patients with kidney disease died due to lack of medical supplies and 81 patients died due to a lack of medical oxygen. [5] The hospital remained short of medical supplies in January 2023, after the war ended. [8]
Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital is the largest hospital in Mekele in the Tigray Region and the second largest hospital in Ethiopia.
Located in Mekele, [1] the teaching hospital is the largest hospital in the Tigray Region [2] and the second largest hospital in Ethiopia. [3] It is one of only a few referral hospitals in Ethiopia. [3]
The hospital opened in 2008 and serves a population of over 8 million people. [3] The hospital's services include: newborn care, [4] dialysis, and cancer care. [5] It is the only one in the Tigray Region with surgery facilities [6] and, in 2015, became the only hospital with magnetic resonance imaging facilities. [3]
In 2022, the hospital had an estimate of 3,600 staff [5] with Kibrom Gebreselassie as the Chief Executive Director. [6]
In 2020, during the Tigray War, the hospital's staff struggled to keep up with the influx of trauma patients and was running low in surgical supplies. [7] In 2022, over 60 patients with kidney disease died due to lack of medical supplies and 81 patients died due to a lack of medical oxygen. [5] The hospital remained short of medical supplies in January 2023, after the war ended. [8]