Connaught Hospital

This article is about the hospital in Sierra Leone. For the hospital in Malta, see Palazzo Vilhena. For the former hospital in Walthamstow, see Old Town Hall, Walthamstow.

Connaught Hospital is the principal adult referral hospital in Sierra Leone.^[1][2]

Connaught Hospital
Hospital entrance
Geography
Location	Sierra Leone
Coordinates	8.488431°N 13.238409°W / 8.488431; -13.238409
Organisation
Funding	Public hospital
Type	Teaching, District General
Affiliated university	University of Sierra Leone
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	350
Helipad	No
History
Opened	1912; 113 years ago (1912)
Links
Lists	Hospitals in Sierra Leone

Connaught Hospital was opened in 1912 by the Duke of Connaught, Prince Arthur. President Kabbah re-opened the hospital on May 5, 2006, alongside the Princess Christian Missionary Hospital (PCMH).

Notable doctors and herbalists

• John Augustus Abayomi-Cole – medical doctor and herbalist
• Robert Wellesley Cole (1907–1995), general surgeon and first West African to become a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons^[3]
• William Broughton Davies (1831–1906), first West African to qualify as a medical doctor^[4]
• Arthur Farquhar Stuart (1927–2002), consultant physician^[5]
• William Robert Priddy (1926–2003), medical practitioner and Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists^[6][7]
• William Renner (1846–1917), oncologist and Assistant Surgeon-General during the colonial era^[8]

See also

• 2014 Ebola virus epidemic in Sierra Leone