Dakar is the capital and largest city of Senegal and is the seat of the National Assembly of Senegal. Dakar, located on the western edge of Africa, is a major regional port, as well as a well-known commercial and administrative center. Dakar is a member of the World Heritage Cities Organization. Before Dakar, there was the finish line of the famous Dakar Rally (“Paris before the Dakar Rally”) until 2009.
Dakar has a number of hospitals in the public and private sectors. However, global standard health centers with modern facilities are not so common in the city. Nevertheless, some of the leading hospitals in Dakar are well equipped and offer good medical care.
This is a note about some of the popular hospitals in Dakar.
Primary hospital It is the oldest and most popular public hospital in Dakar and is located at: 1, Nelson Mandela Avenue, Dakar. This huge hospital, established by the French Empire in 1890, belongs to the Large colonial hospitals, the world famous network of hospitals in the former French colonies. The hospital, run by the Colonial Health Service with the assistance of the French government, has a small primary education as a military hospital and then, after more than a century of existence, was developed into a newly renovated hospital that offers the best and most cost-effective health care for a very large number of local and foreign people. They also created a second general hospital in Dakar called “Le Dantec” with a hospital of over a thousand beds in 1912. The hospital offers modern medical care in all major disciplines and employers of prominent doctors, including some well-known French doctors. The hospital has completely repaired medical equipment and is committed to maintaining the international standard in all of its operations. Cozy vegetation and tropical gardens around the hospital, as well as comfortable rooms provide a very pleasant stay for patients. This famous research and training center has a separate school for nurses and midwives in one campus. Telephone (+221) 33 839-5050. Emergency services Tel.: 839 5050 Ext. 5294
Clinique du cap is one of the largest private hospitals in Senegal, and the hospital is located on Pasteur Avenue, not far from the old Palace of Justice. BP 583. Dakar. This excellent hospital offers high-quality clinical, diagnostic and surgical services in all major areas of medicine, such as general medicine, cardiology, neurology, ophthalmology, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, dermatology, orthopedics, trauma, respiratory allergy, anesthesia, urology, rheumatology, proctology, radiology, plastic and reconstructive surgery and otorhinolaryngology. The hospital is equipped with four operating rooms, a delivery room with modern amenities, a pediatric and neonatology unit with various incubators, intensive care units and a special adult intensive care unit. Their Laboratory of General Biology and the Laboratory of Reproductive Biology in Hematology, Immunology, Bacteriology, Biochemistry, Parasitology, Hormonology, Cytology and In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). The hospital has all the sophisticated medical equipment needed to provide effective medical care, which includes a medical imaging unit, an x-ray device for teeth, two mammography, three mobile X-ray images, a bone densitometry unit, an ultrasound examination of color Doppler equipment, screw CT, two image intensifier for surgery and magnetic resonance imaging MRI. The Hotel Clinique du Cap offers excellent rooms in spacious, air-conditioned rooms, as well as a variety of delicious dishes. There are also special Deluxe rooms (VIP). Their emergency medical care (SAMU) is also notable for fully equipped ambulances and modern devices such as cardio sight, respirator and pulse oximetry. Tel. (+221) 33 889-0202
Clinique de la Madeleine It is another renovated hospital in the city that offers quality medical care of a global standard. This seven-story multi-hospital is located at: Ave. Des Jambaars, Dakar. This modern private hospital has 70 beds in 50 air-conditioned and comfortable rooms. In these 35 rooms are single, five suites and 12 double rooms. Clinique de la Madeleine offers effective diagnostic, clinical and preventive medical services in all major departments of medicine and their well-equipped surgery department with two operating theaters and one postoperative observatory hall provides services in areas such as emergency surgery, elective surgery and plastic surgery, Outstanding psychologists, nutritionists, speech therapists and osteopaths also participate in the hospital. Operating theaters and adjacent rooms are equipped in accordance with the recommendations of CAPR and annually perform 720-800 regular and emergency operations, of which 30-40% are laparoscopic. The hospital has modern intensive care units and 3 delivery rooms, where about 1,000 deliveries are made each year. Their pediatric unit also deserves attention with various types of incubators and an intensive phototherapy lamp produced by MEDIPREMA. The laboratory of Clinique de la Madeleine is distinguished by excellent services in the field of hematology, biochemistry, serology and bacteriology. The hospital has an opening room, a radiology unit and a hemodialysis unit. Clinique de la Madeleine is known for using the latest medical technology and has all the modern medical equipment - cardiac and vascular ultrasound doppler, choler electrocardiogram and Holter blood pressure, screw CT, MRI, echo-doppler, ultrasound endoscope, scanner, etc. , Tel (+221) .33 821 9470 / (+221) 33 821 9476
