List of hospitals in Timor-Leste

This is a list of hospitals in East Timor.

The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (East Timor) has one national hospital, Guido Valadares National Hospital (HNGV), which is located in Dili and serves as East Timor's only referral hospital providing primary and secondary care to patients from all over the country.[1]: 28 [2] East Timor also has five other referral hospitals covering secondary health care needs;[3]: 10  these are able to carry out some surgical procedures, including appendectomies and caesarean section deliveries.[4]: 5 

HNGV is the nation's only tertiary referral hospital.[5]: 2 [6] However, not all of the tertiary care organised for East Timorese patients is carried out at HNGV; most such care is administered overseas, under a limited number of overseas referrals.[7] According to Júlio Sarmento da Costa (also known by his nom de guerre Meta Mali), who was appointed Minister for the Affairs of National Liberation Combatants in May 2020 [translation]:

"Many seriously ill people including veterans have to be referred to overseas hospitals to have their health checked because in Timor Leste there is no international standard hospital including Guido Valadares National Hospital (HNGV)".[8]

Meta Mali went on to observe that the government through the Ministry of Health is therefore forced to spend a lot of money to pay for aeroplanes, hospital fees and accommodation costs for the safety of its people.[8]

As of 2011, East Timor's hospitals were supported by 65 community health centres and 187 health centres, together with 507 Servisu Integrado du Saude Comunidade (transl. Integrated Community Health Service) (SISCa) outposts serving villages and sucos to which access was difficult.[3]: 10 [9] By 2016, the number of community health centres had increased to 66, and the number of health posts to 193.[7] As of 2021, there were 71 community health centres, 318 health posts, seven treatment posts serving as mini health posts, and 600 SISCa outposts.[4]: 5 

Hospitals in East Timor
Name Type Location Municipality References
Aileu Hospital Municipal Aileu Aileu [10]
Ainaro Hospital Municipal Ainaro Ainaro [10]
Eduardo Ximenes Regional Hospital (HoREX) Referral Baucau Baucau [11][12][13]: 53, 63 
Ermera Hospital Municipal Ermera Ermera [10]
Guido Valadares National Hospital (HNGV) Tertiary referral Dili Dili [11][1]: 4, 28 
Lahane Hospital General/cardiac Lahane [de], Dili Dili [14][15]
Liquiçá Hospital Municipal Liquiçá Liquiçá [10]
Lospalos Hospital Municipal Lospalos Lautém [10]
Maliana Referral Hospital Referral Maliana Bobonaro [11]
Maubisse Referral Hospital Referral Maubisse Ainaro [11]
Oecusse Referral Hospital Referral Pante Macassar Oecusse [11]
Same Hospital Municipal Same Manufahi [10]
Suai Referral Hospital Referral Suai Cova Lima [11]
Viqueque Hospital Municipal Viqueque Viqueque [10]

References

  1. ^ a b Needs assessment on quality in Timor-Leste. Step 2 of the Twinning Partnership for Improvement between Timor-Leste and Macao SAR China. Geneva: World Health Organization. 2019. ISBN 978-92-4-151547-4.
  2. ^ Dagur, Ryan (6 January 2022). "Dengue forces Timor-Leste's main hospital into bed sharing - UCA News". UCA News. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  3. ^ a b National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 15 (a) of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1*: Timor-Leste. Geneva: United Nations General Assembly Human Rights Council Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review Twelfth session. 11 July 2011.
  4. ^ a b The Local Health System Sustainability Project Timor-Leste Activity (USAID Health Systems Sustainability Activity) under the USAID Integrated Health Systems IDIQ (September 2021). Evaluation of Rural Incentive Schemes for Health Workers in Timor-Leste (PDF) (Report). Rockville, MD: Abt Associates. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  5. ^ World Bank and OPM (June 2015). Health Worker Survey in Timor-Leste Final Report (PDF) (Report). Dili: World Bank and Oxford: Oxford Policy Management (OPM). Retrieved 27 March 2023.,
  6. ^ Salendo, Junius; Ximenes, Joao; Soares, Alito; Guest, Glenn; Hagander, Lars (16 December 2022). "Acute burn care and outcomes at the Hospital Nacional Guido Valadares (HNGV), Timor-Leste: A 7-year retrospective study". Medicine. 101 (50): e32113. doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000032113. ISSN 0025-7974. PMC 9771211. PMID 36550901.
  7. ^ a b Price, Jennifer A.; Soares, Ana I. F. Sousa; Asante, Augustine D.; Martins, Joao S.; Williams, Kate; Wiseman, Virginia L. (30 September 2016). ""I go I die, I stay I die, better to stay and die in my house": understanding the barriers to accessing health care in Timor-Leste". BMC Health Services Research. 16 (1): 535. doi:10.1186/s12913-016-1762-2. ISSN 1472-6963. PMC 5045628. PMID 27716190.
  8. ^ a b Sousa, Camilio de (21 July 2021). "MAKLN: sick veterans were always referred to overseas because of hospitals". Tatoli. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  9. ^ Martins, Nelson; Trevena, Lyndal J (2014). "Implementing what works: A case study of integrated primary health care revitalisation in Timor-Leste". Asia Pacific Family Medicine. 13 (1): 1-5, at 1. doi:10.1186/1447-056X-13-5. PMC 3943272. PMID 24559229. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g "Timor-Leste Medical Providers" (PDF). U.S. Embassy in Timor Leste. October 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  11. ^ a b c d e f Statutes for Hospitals (PDF) (Decree-Law 1/2005). National Parliament (East Timor). 31 May 2005.
  12. ^ "Ministry of Health inaugurates the Regional Hospital of Baucau". Government of Timor-Leste. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  13. ^ Guterres, Modesta Soares; Lopes, Silvino; Mendes, Helder Henriques; Pinheiro, Mateus, eds. (2019). Baucau Em Números 2019 [Baucau in Numbers 2019] (PDF) (in Portuguese) (7th ed.). Baucau: Direcção Geral de Estatística / Estatística Município de Baucau. OCLC 1319823828.
  14. ^ Tempo Timor (2020-04-14). "Lahane hospital becomes medical facility for severe COVID-19 patients". Tempo Timor. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
  15. ^ de Sousa, Camilio (2024-07-02). "Lahane Cardiac Center to provide heart disease treatment in november". TATOLI Agência Noticiosa de Timor-Leste. Retrieved 2024-12-02.