Banadir Hospital
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The Banadir Maternity & Children Hospital is a teaching hospital
in the Wadajir District
(Medina) of Mogadishu
, Somalia. Built in 1977 as part of a Chinese development project, it became the nexus of a humanitarian crisis
in 2011. The hospital comprises a maternity
unit and a pediatric
unit.
Teaching hospital
A teaching hospital is a hospital that provides clinical education and training to future and current doctors, nurses, and other health professionals, in addition to delivering medical care to patients...
in the Wadajir District
Wadajir District
Wadajir District is a district of the Awdal region in northwestern Somalia. Local control of the district is disputed between Awdalland, a proposed autonomous state, and Somaliland, a self-declared republic that is internationally recognized as an autonomous region of Somalia....
(Medina) of Mogadishu
Mogadishu
Mogadishu , popularly known as Xamar, is the largest city in Somalia and the nation's capital. Located in the coastal Benadir region on the Indian Ocean, the city has served as an important port for centuries....
, Somalia. Built in 1977 as part of a Chinese development project, it became the nexus of a humanitarian crisis
Humanitarian crisis
A humanitarian crisis is an event or series of events which represents a critical threat to the health, safety, security or wellbeing of a community or other large group of people, usually over a wide area...
in 2011. The hospital comprises a maternity
Childbirth
Childbirth is the culmination of a human pregnancy or gestation period with the birth of one or more newborn infants from a woman's uterus...
unit and a pediatric
Pediatrics
Pediatrics or paediatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. A medical practitioner who specializes in this area is known as a pediatrician or paediatrician...
unit.