Editing Maputo (section)

==Health services==
[[File:Hospital_Central_de_Maputo_(503881920).jpg|thumb|Central Hospital of Maputo]]

Maputo has several hospitals and clinics, including the city and country's largest hospital, the [[Maputo Central Hospital|Hospital Central de Maputo]]. Other hospitals include the public Hospital Geral José Macamo, and the private Clinica Sommerschield, the Clínica Cruz Azul in ''baixa'' and Hospital Privado located across the Portuguese School.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

The construction of Hospital Miguel Bombarda began in 1900. In 1976, [[Samora Machel]] renamed the hospital as ''Hospital Central de Maputo'' (HCM). The hospital has 1500 beds for in-patients and has an estimated staff number of 3000. It is made of a multi-block structure with 35 separate buildings spanning an area of 163,800 m<sup>2</sup>. The hospital has six departments: [[Medicine]], [[Surgery]], [[Pediatrics]], [[Orthopedics]], [[Gynaecology]] and [[Obstetrics]]. It also has divisions for [[Ophthalmology]] and [[Otolaryngology]] and a morgue. The hospital provides services for an average 700 out-patients a day and over {{convert|1000|kg|0|abbr=on}} of washing is done daily. In the early 1990s, a section of the hospital was divided and turned into a private clinic offering higher quality services for those who could afford it called the ''Clínica Especial de Maputo''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.misau.gov.mz/pt/provincias/cidade_de_maputo/hospital_central_de_maputo|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122000800/http://www.misau.gov.mz/pt/provincias/cidade_de_maputo/hospital_central_de_maputo|url-status=dead|title=HOSPITAL CENTRAL DE MAPUTO (2011) Ministry of Health, Mozambique|archivedate=January 22, 2011}}</ref> The residence for the head of medicine is on the corner of ''Avenida Eduardo Mondlane'' and ''Avenida Salavador Allende''. It is a historically valuable structure which was completed in 1908 and has since the 1990s been converted into a charming restaurant with colonial themes called ''Restaurante 1908''. The upper floors are still used by the hospital as offices.