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The maternal child unit patients waiting in the courtyard for their clinic appointments at the hospital.


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Swazi  Flag Autonomy for the Swazis of southern Africa was guaranteed by the British in the late 19th century; independence was granted in 1968. Student and labor unrest during the 1990s pressured the monarchy (one of the oldest on the continent) to grudgingly a... [read more]
Blog: Raleigh Fitkin Memorial Hospital
Date: March 19th 2012

Raleigh Fitkin Memorial Hospital (RFH for short) is probably the best hospital in Swaziland. That is the best of three. It has about 350 beds, with a very busy maternal child ward (9000 deliveries a year or 25 babies every 24 hours!), a busy outpatient anti-retroviral clinic (ART clinic), a "casualty" emergency department, pediatrics ward (with strong ties to the Baylor system) an ICU and renal di ... read more


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