Editing Bamako (section)

==Healthcare==
The Point G hospital, built between 1906 and 1913, covers {{convert|25|ha}}. A former military hospital, it became a civilian hospital shortly before the independence of Mali, and is situated on a hill overlooking Bamako.<ref>B. Doumbia, " Centenaire du Point G : Un siècle à la pointe des soins et une belle histoire ", ''L'Essor'', 11 December 2006.</ref>

The second hospital of Bamako is the Gabriel Touré Hospital named after a young doctor and humanist Gabriel Touré who was born in 1910 in [[Ouagadougou]] and died in 1935 after having been contaminated by a patient with the [[pneumonic plague]]. The hospital was established in 1959.<ref>B. Doumbia, Board of Directors of the Gabriel Toure hospital: the quality imperative, L'Essor, 26 February 2009</ref>

The contract for the building of a new hospital in Bamako, to relieve pressure on the other hospital resources was signed on 27 December 2008. Located in the district of [[Yirimadio]], the department will include a pediatric and obstetrics-gynecology facilities, a department of internal medicine, medical imagery facilities and hospital care with 150 beds to support the emergency services and intensive care. This hospital, like many recent developments in Bamako is financed and equipped with Chinese investment.<ref>B. Doumbia, Futur " Hôpital du Mali " : les travaux peuvent démarrer, l'Essor, 31 December 2008</ref>