Bogor - Health

Health

The first hospitals were established in Bogor in the first half of the 19th century by the Dutch authorities. By the early 20th century, there were several civilian hospitals, a military hospital, and a large psychiatric hospital with doctors from Europe and North America. In the 1930s, the Dutch Red Cross Society hospital became the largest in the city. Most of the existing hospitals and clinics are built in the 1980s–1990s. They include 11 hospitals, 373 private clinics, 51 single-doctor clinics and 134 pharmacies and drug stores, and employ 274 general practitioners, 122 dentists, 74 sanitation doctors, 37 radiologists (X-ray), 141 gynecologists, 32 nutritionists, 55 assistants, 710 nurses, 63 pharmacists and 99 doctors of other specialties.

The 11 hospitals of Bogor are:

  1. Hospital of the Indonesian Red Cross Society (Indonesian: Rumah Sakit Palang Merah Indonesia) – general, the oldest in the city
  2. "Karya Bhakti" (Indonesian: Rumah Sakit Karya Bhakti) – general
  3. "Salak" (Indonesian: Rumah Sakit Salak) – Army general hospital
  4. "Ciawi" (Indonesian: Rumah Sakit Ciawi) – hospital of the Indonesian Red Cross Society, general
  5. "Atang Sanjaya" (Indonesian: Atang Sanjaya) – Air Force general hospital, also an Air Force base
  6. Bogor Medical Center – general practitioners, private
  7. Islamic Hospital (Indonesian: Rumah Sakit Islam) – general, only for Muslims
  8. "Azra" (Indonesian: Rumah Sakit Azra) – women and children
  9. "Melania" (Indonesian: Rumah Sakit Melania) – women and children
  10. "Hermina" (Indonesian: Rumah Sakit Hermina) – women and children
  11. "Marzuki Mahdi" (Indonesian: Rumah Sakit Marzuki Mahdi) – infectious diseases and psychiatric hospital

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