Ganta United Methodist Hospital is a hospital

Hospital

A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....

 in Ganta

Ganta

Ganta, also known as Gompa City, is a town in Nimba County of northern Liberia, lying just south of the Guinean border. It is the second largest city in Liberia, with a population of 41,106....

, northeast Liberia

Liberia

Liberia , officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Sierra Leone on the west, Guinea on the north and Côte d'Ivoire on the east. Liberia's coastline is composed of mostly mangrove forests while the more sparsely populated inland consists of forests that open...

. It was established in 1926 by Dr. George Harley and his wife Winifred and serves a population of around 450,000 in Liberia and neighbouring countries. It had to close after severe damage by looting

Looting

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 and a rocket

Rocket

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 attack during the summer of 2003, but reopened in March 2004.

In 2005, the hospital has two physicians, an ophthalmologist

Ophthalmology

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, and a general practitioner

General practitioner

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 who also carries out surgery

Surgery

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. Services provided by the hospital include an outpatient clinic, obstetrics

Obstetrics

Obstetrics is the medical specialty dealing with the care of all women's reproductive tracts and their children during pregnancy , childbirth and the postnatal period...

, pediatrics

Pediatrics

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, and laboratory

Laboratory

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 services. It also runs an Eye Project with a jeep-equipped outreach team to bring patients for operations such as cataract

Cataract

A cataract is a clouding that develops in the crystalline lens of the eye or in its envelope, varying in degree from slight to complete opacity and obstructing the passage of light...

 removal.

The hospital is part of a complex which includes a leprosy

Leprosy

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 and tuberculosis

Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis, MTB, or TB is a common, and in many cases lethal, infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body...

rehabilitation centre, schools and vocational training facilities, and a demonstration farm.