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Mahosot Hospital
Hospital in Vientiane, Laos / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mahosot Hospital is a hospital on Quai Fa Ngum, Vientiane, Laos. It was established in 1903.[1][2]
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Geography | |
Location | Vientiane, Laos |
Coordinates | 17.9599°N 102.6121°E / 17.9599; 102.6121 |
History | |
Opened | 1903 |
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Lists | Hospitals in Laos |
The hospital specializes diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases and also serves as an important medical research and training centre. The country has a relatively low life expectancy at just 68 years, and diseases such as typhus, typhoid, malaria and bacteraemia are important.
Since 2000 the hospital has included the Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit. This is funded by the Wellcome Trust in collaboration with the University of Oxford. The Infectious Diseases Centre in the hospital consists of two floors: a patient ward on the ground floor with rooms varying on degree of isolation, a laboratory and research area and offices and conference rooms on the upper floor.