Mungra Medical Centre

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]

Mungra Medical Centre
's Lands Ziekenhuis Nickerie (1947)
Geography
LocationNieuw-Nickerie, Suriname
Coordinates5.940542°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

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. "Streekziekenhuis Nickerie bestaat 45 jaar". Nickerie.net (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  3. "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.
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